Those who fear that the presence of disabled or special needs pupils in the classroom will slow down the training of others, "speak on the basis of assumptions that are not those provided for by the Italian system: the school must not fill the brains with as many notions as possible. The Italian legal system provides for something else. The school does not and must not have the goal of filling the students' heads, we are not interested in a well-filled head but a well-made head." This was said by the president of ANP, the National Association of Principals, Antonello Giannelli, on Radio Cusano Campus.
"The Italian school," he explains, "has long since abandoned this attitude and focuses on something else, first and foremost on inclusion.
Anyone who thinks that those who are less fortunate should stand behind is basically anti-democratic. To regret that organization is to long for a time when things were different. The school must be inclusive. Everything must be done to ensure that all students know about educational success, but then the point is also to make sure that children grow up in respect of democratic values, mutual respect, and that they love culture. We will have to convince ourselves that the judgments on the school must be made by those who live the school.
The author of the article has a social vision that is not mine and that of the vast majority of those who are in the school," Giannelli concluded.
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