Inclusion and Love

After reading the articles and creating my philosophy statement, I am thinking a lot more about inclusion. How do I really feel about inclusion? What do I really believe is right? Here are a few thoughts I have been able to put together:
1. Inclusion=love. Including people is one way to show them love, it is a Christlike way to show people love. 
2. I don't have a strong opinion on inclusion in a classroom. YET. I think some inclusion is important, but I also think sometimes it hurts the special needs students more than helps them. I am still working to decide when I think each case exists. I am excited for this class to help me create that opinion and belief. 
3. Everyone can and should learn. Everyone learns differently, but they all learn. As teachers it is important to help students learn how to learn, because some really don't know how. We need to teach them to recognize when they have learned, this will be a motivator for more learning. 
4. There are different types of inclusion issues. It's not always a handicap child that you are working to decide "what to do with them." For example, I taught a 4th grade class this week. There was a note that said "Watch out for Johnny, he will want to constantly cut and draw, tell him he needs to get his work done first. If he is struggling, send him to the class next door." By the time I got there that day they had figured things out. He was in the office doing his work, and brought it down to the classroom near the end of the day. This is what worked for him and his class. He may have had ADHD or something of that sort, but I couldn't tell in the few minutes I spent talking with him. We didn't have any specials that day, so I don't know how that worked with him, but it just opened up my eyes to the fact that there are so many different types of inclusion issues. I think I only ever thought about including children with handicaps. 

I am looking forward to learning more and especially hearing other people's thoughts and opinions. The things we discuss in here are BIG issues in schools today and we NEED to have opinions and plans.