Mike_Yates
Literotica's Anti-Hero
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Grade school and high school students who were in special education due to learning disabilities usually have IQ's significantly below average. Probably between 60-75. The average Intelligence Quotient is 100.
There are also other reasons (other than mental disabilities) for students to be placed in special ed. Some of these are physical handicaps, psychological disorders/mental illness, blindness, deafness, etc...
But a majority are receiving these services because they aren't very smart. I doubt that any of them will ever go onto college to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, and scientists. After they graduate (if they even manage a GED) they usually go work simple and menial jobs like at fast foods, grocery stores, etc...
It's virtually impossible for someone with such staggeringly low intellect to make anything extravagant of themselves, or continue their education past high school. Especially at a university.
I would imagine that most of them fall within the categories of borderline intellectual functioning and mild mental retardation.
Could someone with an IQ of 70 earn a PhD or doctorate degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, medicine, or neuroscience? I don't think so.
The reason why most of these kids are receiving special education is because the mainstream curriculum is too difficult for them to comprehend, intellectually.
Highest genius >144
Genius 144
Gifted 130-144
Above average 115-129
Higher average 100-114
Lower average 85-99
Borderline intellectual functioning 70-84
Mental retardation 55-69
Severe mental retardation <55
There are also other reasons (other than mental disabilities) for students to be placed in special ed. Some of these are physical handicaps, psychological disorders/mental illness, blindness, deafness, etc...
But a majority are receiving these services because they aren't very smart. I doubt that any of them will ever go onto college to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, and scientists. After they graduate (if they even manage a GED) they usually go work simple and menial jobs like at fast foods, grocery stores, etc...
It's virtually impossible for someone with such staggeringly low intellect to make anything extravagant of themselves, or continue their education past high school. Especially at a university.
I would imagine that most of them fall within the categories of borderline intellectual functioning and mild mental retardation.
Could someone with an IQ of 70 earn a PhD or doctorate degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, medicine, or neuroscience? I don't think so.
The reason why most of these kids are receiving special education is because the mainstream curriculum is too difficult for them to comprehend, intellectually.
Highest genius >144
Genius 144
Gifted 130-144
Above average 115-129
Higher average 100-114
Lower average 85-99
Borderline intellectual functioning 70-84
Mental retardation 55-69
Severe mental retardation <55
