RJA #2b: Research Topic

Through out elementary school leading into my first year in high school I had a problem with my reading. While in school they decided that mainstream would be best for me. Mainstreaming is when a student that is disabled is kept in the classroom during certain periods based on the students skills. Mainstreaming had really helped and by the time I got to the 9th I was reading at a 10th grade level and no longer need the help. After the help I received I decided that I would like to make a difference in students lives by helping them out and have chosen to do my degree on secondary education Special Education.

Things that i already know.

• schools who believe in mainstreaming feel that if a student cannot function in a regular classroom should go to a special education environment.
  
• Some believe that schools that mainstream prepare students for a diverse world.
  
• Students that mainstream have a higher self esteem, better social skills, and it also allows the students to perform at a higher level in school by observing the other students.
  
• Some disadvantages that have seen are Fear that teachers are not trained to handle students with disabilities, harm to non - disabled students academics because the students will require more of the teachers attention.
  
• Mainstreaming is not putting a child child full time in to special education.
  

Things that I want to learn.

• I would like to see the general feeling of teachers on mainstreaming.
• The actual cost of mainstreaming students.
• The statistics of how many students have been mainstreamed and what there general feeling on it was.
  

RJA #2a: Possible Topics

1. Is the death penalty really more of a punishment then "life" in prison?
2. Change regular classrooms so that mildly disabled students will be educated with their non-disabled peers.
3. Should Disabled Veterans have to pay any portion of medical care relating to their disability?
4. Certain diets can benefit children with autism?
5. Should the "Right to Die" be Considered a Right?

The topic that I am going to write about is Change regular classrooms so that mildly disabled students will be educated with their non - disabled peers.

RJA #1: Areas of Academic Interest

1. Is the death penalty really more of a punishment then "life" in prison?
2. Change regular classrooms so that mildly disabled students will be educated with their non-disabled peers.
3. Should Disabled Veterans have to pay any portion of medical care relating to their disability?
4. Certain diets can benefit children with autism?
5. Should the "Right to Die" be Considered a Right?