I have been digging more and what is happening is that the special ed kids are picking up recyclables. When they collect a certain amount by Friday, they get Ice cream. So after they eat lunch they walk around for the rest of their lunch, with plastic bags picking up cans and bottles from the floor and the trash. Recyclables or not, it's still trash. They are still in the middle of the cafeteria being exposed to the other kids' mean comments.
They dig in the trash and then they touch their face, gross! If I were given an option for or against my Mickie doing that I would oped out.
The regular kids are encouraged to do this too, but none of them do it, because they find it gross and embarrassing. Special kids on the other hand don't understand social subtleties, and all they know is that they might get ice cream on Friday. They should be getting ice cream anyway!!
I still think it's disgusting, humiliating and wrong in so many levels!!
They dig in the trash and then they touch their face, gross! If I were given an option for or against my Mickie doing that I would oped out.
The regular kids are encouraged to do this too, but none of them do it, because they find it gross and embarrassing. Special kids on the other hand don't understand social subtleties, and all they know is that they might get ice cream on Friday. They should be getting ice cream anyway!!
I still think it's disgusting, humiliating and wrong in so many levels!!