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It is true that many teachers are feeling overwhelmed in their classrooms. I think that there are reasons that make these feelings legitimate. In many situations there are a lot of children in the classrooms. Teachers are responsible for between twenty and thirty children at a time. This can be very difficult. A classroom would have to be running very smoothly and with children, especially this many, this doesn't always happen. They are responsible for every single task that takes place in their class from taking attendence to teaching lessons, managing behavior and correcting homework. Teaching is definantly a job that you could easily spend more than fourty hours a week on. Asking teachers to take on special education students is definately asking a lot. If we are going to include these students in our programs we need to also include them with support. It takes time to learn how to teach students with disabilities. Teachers would definately need the support of people are that trained in the area of special education. They would also need the support of Para educators to support them in the classroom during instruction time, as well as transitions. You might need to have several Para educators in one class; it all depends on the different disabilities that are seen throughout the classrooms. I think that if we are going to expect more from our teachers we need to provide them with a lot more support. Special educators and regular educators are going to have to pair up in order to teach to such a diverse population.