Reply #284: dear god muddle...

[silverpatronus]

you cannot be serious. i would think from your avatar that you would understand the inherent failure of 'separate but equal', which is essentially what you are advocating. replace 'troublesome' with 'black' or 'gay' and watch the fur fly.

by separating out the 'troublesome' children, you would be in essence marking them for life. how will they remove that stigma and become productive citizens pray tell, if the people they socialise with are other 'troublesome' students? young people are influenced by their peers. where in these so-called troublesome' schools will they receive positive influence i ask you? from their teachers? show me one 'troublesome' child who is going to give a teacher any credence at all if his buddies are pushing him the opposite way. you may be able to 'save' the same 5-10 students who would be 'saved' in a regular public school.

you accused another here of idealism, but i think that your view is more idealistic than anything that person has said.