there's probably a lot of people who don't support special education, even if they think they do or feel like they have to say they do. the model of special, personalized attention to small groups or individuals rests on a set of assumptions about equality, taking care of others outside of immediate clan, the idea of extraction of fullest potential.... related question: why do we not allocate resources to treat *every* child this way? because they don't need it? what's the goal, then? a line of acceptability somewhere in the range of mediocrity, or "full potential" no matter what that means? if it's because we have adopted a stance that we don't *have* sufficient resources, then what's the criterion for who receives the ones we do have?