Talking points 9 Christopher Kliewer

1. "Mia finished school in segregated placements but then returned after graduation
to take content-area courses originally denied her."

I don't understand why colleges and institutions would deny a student with good grades, and just wants to build her education even more. I find that really irritating because from what it looks like she wants to broaden her knowledge and learn new things. To deny her was an awful thing to do. It is a good thing she went back because she was able to prove to them she can do well even though she has down syndrome.



2 "The movement to merge the education of children with and without disabilities is based on the belief that to enter the dialogue of citizenship does not require spoken, or indeed outspoken, language."

I agree and disagree with this statement for a few reasons. I understand administrators have to be fair to people that have disabilities because it is he law but i think if you merge everyone together i think many people will get a little mad because the teacher would be focusing all of their attention to the student that have disabilities. I think if they were sepperated from each other i think it would all work out because the other students have to learn and keep going with whats going on in a classroom. They shouldnt deny them from wanting to learn at a faster level as long as they can handle it to the best of their abilities.

3. "Dewey promoted democracy as a way of life in which community both establishes and is derived from each individual's recognition of the value of every other individual."

Democracy is very important because it is how our country works and organizes itself to bring it all together. Democracy should be for all people no matter what. If people have disabilities, down syndrome, autism, or any of those types of things they should never be turned down because that is not how our country and society works. Sure people make fun of them and they say well what do they know there stupid and have no idea what is going on. This is what I find horrible because every person has a right to know what is going on in the world and to have some form of citizenship.

I found this article to be very influential for many reasons. Sure there are a lot of people out there who have disabilities so badly that they can't even attend school. For the ones that can they should be able to get an education at no cost. They shouldn't be denied or anything like that because if there smart enough then why take something very important away from them that can better there future. It would just be wrong and not right because as long as the person/student can handle it they should be able to continue learning at whatever rate they can to better their future.