wonders. Are you kidding me? Lowering the bar?? If your kids can't tell the difference between their achievements and the achievements of the "special needs kids", then shame on them! They will (hopefully) be attending post secondary school, while their "special needs" peers will have a different journey. Tell your kids how lucky they are to have been born with the intellectual capacity to further their education. The awards at the end of high school mean nothing. Your kids could well be working at a dead end job along side one of the students they seem to look down upon! It's what you do with the rest of your life that is important, including celebrating the success of all! What do you think the Occupy Wall Street protests are all about Doug? Newly minted teachers, who cannot find jobs, $50,000 + in debt, working just above minimum wage to starve the wolves at the door, and can't afford the food. All the social science graduates can't find work, the trades people ditto, the laid off people, the people who are about to lose their homes, the people who are about to be evicted from their rental apartment, and the list gets bigger every day. Than there is the ones that do have jobs, and not at all secure even for a six months period. As for new jobs, imagine 50,000 applicants for 500 positions to work for $12 to $16 a hour. The article is another one of many, coming