Comments on: Learning Disabilities – Part 2 http://atypicalhomeschool.net/articles/public-education/learning-disabilities-part-2/ my personal space Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ron http://atypicalhomeschool.net/articles/public-education/learning-disabilities-part-2/#comment-338 Ron Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:55:00 +0000 http://atypicalhomeschool.net/articles/public-education/learning-disabilities-part-2/#comment-338 A person I met about 10 years ago had a similar background to the gent you described. The similarity in the behaviour pattern is uncanny. A person I met about 10 years ago had a similar background to the gent you described. The similarity in the behaviour pattern is uncanny.

]]> By: deputyheadmistress http://atypicalhomeschool.net/articles/public-education/learning-disabilities-part-2/#comment-331 deputyheadmistress Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:38:10 +0000 http://atypicalhomeschool.net/articles/public-education/learning-disabilities-part-2/#comment-331 Some people thrive in jail... I, too, was struck by your point that just because some people thrive (seemingly) in an institution that's not proof that the institution is best. My folks once tried to help out an ex-con. He was a Christian (had been converted in prison) and had a history of nonviolent crime, always drug related. He moved in with them, they helped him get a job, helped with transportation until he got his own car, etc. etc. And then he went back to his drugs, commmitted the same crime he always committed (attempting to rob a store where he was recognized, never using a weapon) and went back to jail. There, for the tenth time, he got his act cleaned up, did without the drugs, and started study groups with other inmates. He really did thrive in jail, and he was a dependable inmate. Wardens loved him. He really was a big help to fellow inmates who wanted to make some changes in their lives. Nice fellow, incapable of life outside for reasons that we can't imagine. And, as you so astutely point out, just because a particular institution happened to be the place where he functioned best is no reason to duplicate that institutional environment for everybody else. His success there was just another symptom of his inherent personal problems. Thanks for the thought provoking ideas. Some people thrive in jail…
I, too, was struck by your point that just because some people thrive (seemingly) in an institution that’s not proof that the institution is best.
My folks once tried to help out an ex-con. He was a Christian (had been converted in prison) and had a history of nonviolent crime, always drug related. He moved in with them, they helped him get a job, helped with transportation until he got his own car, etc. etc.
And then he went back to his drugs, commmitted the same crime he always committed (attempting to rob a store where he was recognized, never using a weapon) and went back to jail. There, for the tenth time, he got his act cleaned up, did without the drugs, and started study groups with other inmates. He really did thrive in jail, and he was a dependable inmate. Wardens loved him. He really was a big help to fellow inmates who wanted to make some changes in their lives. Nice fellow, incapable of life outside for reasons that we can’t imagine. And, as you so astutely point out, just because a particular institution happened to be the place where he functioned best is no reason to duplicate that institutional environment for everybody else. His success there was just another symptom of his inherent personal problems.

Thanks for the thought provoking ideas.

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