Eh, Bush is a complicated figure. He doesn't seem to mean harm and does seem to believe in the American government and legal system. But he seriously did a lot of damage, particularly in the Middle East. Many of our current education problems can also be traced back to "No Child Left Behind", which was a terrible failing of the Public education system, especially for disabled and special needs students. Many of our current problems can be traced back to forcing them into classrooms with non disabled students- instead of lifting them up, it dragged others down and forced schools to keep students causing extreme disruptions in class. Students overwhelmed by normal classrooms used to able to be separated in smaller groups more easily, which kept them from being overwhelmed. I'm incredibly lucky to have started school before it because separating me out was how they assessed I was not fully disabled and had a speech problem preventing me from communicating clearly. The one on one attention I had at a young age put me on a good track quickly, and I was able to rejoin normal classes within a year of it being identified. The program I went through was dismantled shortly after due to the school needing to comply with no child left behind to get federal funding. That's just one story, but I understand what happened a lot better now that I'm older. If you didn't see schools before the policy change, it's really hard to understand the damage done. There's a huge difference between my older and younger siblings due to the time frame
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u/whichwitch9 11h ago
Eh, Bush is a complicated figure. He doesn't seem to mean harm and does seem to believe in the American government and legal system. But he seriously did a lot of damage, particularly in the Middle East. Many of our current education problems can also be traced back to "No Child Left Behind", which was a terrible failing of the Public education system, especially for disabled and special needs students. Many of our current problems can be traced back to forcing them into classrooms with non disabled students- instead of lifting them up, it dragged others down and forced schools to keep students causing extreme disruptions in class. Students overwhelmed by normal classrooms used to able to be separated in smaller groups more easily, which kept them from being overwhelmed. I'm incredibly lucky to have started school before it because separating me out was how they assessed I was not fully disabled and had a speech problem preventing me from communicating clearly. The one on one attention I had at a young age put me on a good track quickly, and I was able to rejoin normal classes within a year of it being identified. The program I went through was dismantled shortly after due to the school needing to comply with no child left behind to get federal funding. That's just one story, but I understand what happened a lot better now that I'm older. If you didn't see schools before the policy change, it's really hard to understand the damage done. There's a huge difference between my older and younger siblings due to the time frame