El Cid Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 "It is a picture apparently borne out by official figures, which show that affluent Richmond upon Thames in west London has 11.8 per cent of primary pupils on the Special Educational Needs(SEN) register. In Liverpool, with its higher levels of unemployment and poverty, that figure is 22.6 per cent." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...ial-needs.html We label children more these days, and people that are a little different get tagged as be on the Aspergers spectrum. There tends to be more pressure for people to conform to norms, city people tend to be different from country people. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/29/largest-uk-sperm-bank-turns-away-dyslexic-donors?CMP=fb_gu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningman1 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I've spent a lot of time in Liverpool and those figures don't surprise me. It could even be a bit higher. Would anyone on this forum support selective breeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bloke Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 What is interesting is how higher levels of unemployment and poverty creates a higher proportion of children with special needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlbadboy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 "It is a picture apparently borne out by official figures, which show that affluent Richmond upon Thames in west London has 11.8 per cent of primary pupils on the Special Educational Needs(SEN) register. In Liverpool, with its higher levels of unemployment and poverty, that figure is 22.6 per cent." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...ial-needs.html We label children more these days, and people that are a little different get tagged as be on the Aspergers spectrum. There tends to be more pressure for people to conform to norms, city people tend to be different from country people. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/29/largest-uk-sperm-bank-turns-away-dyslexic-donors?CMP=fb_gu Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11287193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Would anyone on this forum support selective breeding? I support men and women trying to find the most perfect mate/sperm donor. ---------- Post added 30-12-2015 at 16:18 ---------- What is interesting is how higher levels of unemployment and poverty creates a higher proportion of children with special needs. Perhaps we give benefits to make people healthier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It shouldn't come as a shock that those parents who valued their own education value the education of their children, and those that didn't don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 It shouldn't come as a shock that those parents who valued their own education value the education of their children, and those that didn't don't. That has nothing to do with this thread. SEN children dont just have problems spelling and reading, SEN children can be much worse, often being taught in separate classrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlbadboy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That has nothing to do with this thread. SEN children dont just have problems spelling and reading, SEN children can be much worse, often being taught in separate classrooms. Children that have dificulty spelling, reading and writing are children with special educational needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Children that have dificulty spelling, reading and writing are children with special educational needs. They are if something has caused them to have those difficulties, they are not kids that are just a little behind. Kids that go to SEN schools often have much worse problems, in wheel chairs and many unable to communicate. A breakdown of the numbers and problems is unlikely to be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999tigger Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Your link doesnt work. Other articles by the Telegraph seem to dispute that figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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