<p>Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. I hope the OP realizes he’s an idiot for believing in separate treatment. Sheesh, everyone should be treated equal, as if you were mentally disabled, wouldn’t you want to be treated so? Anyways, if this boy managed, despite his disability, to be more popular than you, it’s not his fault.</p>
<p>Wow, people on this board are so quick to accuse the OP. </p>
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<p>Really? Because to me, it sounds like the OP is proving how low this country has come with their BS on No Child Left Behind and their ‘all children are equal’ mentality that people are willing to give a title which, according to the OP, is based on social popularity and academic achievement to a person that has only earned one of the two.</p>
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<p>Treating a person with mental disabilities like a normal student is giving him special treatment. Grow the **** up and realize that some people are just different from others, and not necessarily in a good way.</p>
<p>@MrMeursalt - If that’s what I was saying, I would have said that you should treat them equally, not that you should treat them in a way that made them feel equal.</p>
<p>Of course a mentally handicapped person cannot be treated equally. They have special needs that must be addressed, and there are just some things they cannot do. What I am saying is that if you treat them right, you can make them feel as if they are no different from anyone else (while still providing for the treatment that they really need).</p>
<p>To feel some way =/= To be that way.</p>
<p>I think what the OP might be against is the pity vote. It doesn’t seem like the OP is actually running for homecoming court, but instead thinking that winning because of pity isn’t right. That’s my intepretation of the OP’s thoughts at least.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know why they even put these sort of kids in the same schools. The deaf and the blind go to different schools, as should these kids. Not trying to be offensive, but it’s just never made sense to me.</p>
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<p>Nope, the OP is clearly jealous of the attention mentally ■■■■■■■■ people get.</p>
<p>/end sarcasm</p>
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<p>Yeah I am coming to realize that homecoming king/queen whatever is different for all schools. for the sake of debate let us assume that being academically well rounded has some part, though obviously this title is not an academic one. </p>
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Yeah. Why does everyone think I am trying to compare myself to a down syndrome kid… :(</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this. </p>
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<p>Yes that is basically it. I wasn’t too articulate before since i wrote this in haste and just typed everything in my head.</p>
<p>@Grisam</p>
<p>I’ll rephrase that. I mean, they shouldn’t be denied normal opportunities if they are able to do them. Of course, they should get extra help in order to try to be on a level with everyone else, but barring them from winning homecoming is absurd.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t appreciate being cursed at.</p>
<p>Amazing they only do homecoming queen at my school and only the preppy party girl wins</p>
<p>Grisam FTW</p>
<p>funstuff: “I do think it’d be pretty gay if one of those guys won. The whole thing would just be ■■■■■■■■.”</p>
<p>LOL now this was pretty damn funny.</p>
<p>This thread is great. The political correctness the OP is trying to escape is simply being fed back to him.</p>
<p>I am shocked no one has called out the OP as a ■■■■■ yet.</p>
<p>I don’t think he’s a ■■■■■, considering the 1747 posts he’s made.</p>
<p>^■■■■■■ come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes old users come back and ■■■■■.</p>
<p>@FunStuff</p>
<p>Actually, my fairly large public school has a really amazing program for deaf kids. The deaf kids can take any class they want and get special interpreters in those classes/during assemblies in addition to special classes. I even had like, 7 deaf kids in my dance class last year. The program also works the other way, with hearing kids getting the chance to take ASL as a language. We have about 50 kids in the program each year and it’s pretty common to see deaf kids communicating in sign language with both deaf and hearing kids in the hallways. It’s a much less isolating experience than going to an all-deaf school (and cheaper too, probably). </p>
<p>My point is, not all deaf and blind kids go to special schools, and it might even be better if kids with special needs were more integrated, not less.</p>
<p>^Oh wow that’s pretty cool. I don’t have any deaf kids in my school, unless if you count the ones with hearing aids.</p>
<p>^^ That is pretty cool, actually. I’ve never heard of anything like that.</p>
<p>Do you go to a private school, OP? Because that whole pity vote/let-the-underdog-win thing happens at my public school every now and then, and it’s not a big deal. Like two years ago, the homecoming queen was this obese, masculine-looking girl. But people voted for her because, even though she wasn’t “the norm”, she was really friendly and funny. That same year people voted this paraplegic kid as captain of a sporty in-school competition we have annually. And, may I add, he was damn good at basketball, despite the fact he can’t get around without a wheelchair.</p>
<p>Anyway, it’s kinda refreshing to see someone other than blonde bimbos or jocks win these things. Although I do agree that it would be pretty cool to see just an average kid win those kinds of titles.</p>