a hypothetical about ethics and parental responsiblity – Updated
The story I am about to relay is purely hypothetical. When I am done, I will ask two questions. ++++++++++++++++++++++ A child with emotional and mental health illness is in a 2nd grade classroom. The parents do everything that they can to ensure that IDEA is followed and their child gets the education that they are legally entitled to receive. Now let us add a variable. the parent of that child is a special education teacher. We will call this parent, Teacher 1. the parent of another child in the same classroom is a special education teacher. We will call this parent, Teacher 2. ======================== Now, teacher 1 takes a position at a neighboring school district. A year later teacher 2 also takes a position in the same neighboring district as teacher 1. ========================= Over the course of the next few years, teacher 1 is made to feel less than