Eh, don't worry about the wall of words, I do it too, I dont know how to make it smaller etc.

Your post is very interesting, well arcangel, we call it dumbing down of America in my neck of the woods.

And stumpy, I work around alot of children, probably see over a 1,000 a year. And I have to tell you, some of the nicest children did not live in rich homes. Some of the real prizes come from small homes and yes, your right not always from highly educated rich people.

I have always told many parents that the size of the house and the kind of car was not important, what was important is that it is a home where children feel safe and loved. Stumpy Im glad to hear that you are an advocate for children, good for you.

I have to think about the autistic children being from nerdy types. Two special ed teachers, had one, my niece has one and they are not nerds, but my neice spent a lot of time on the computer. I see it spread around more than just nerds. So I don't know about that therory. However in my family line there was a great deal of intelligence so maybe my neices son got that thu that way. He does love trains and mechanical things. But I have seen them very debilitated, and backward, not even able to do much at all. It is quite possible that it was always there and we just didn't see it but we benefited from it.

And pachyderm thats a good question there, who would do the testing. That could be very tricky and a private agenda could take place.

Although it is found that often when a brain lacks in one area it can be very highly operating in another area.

It is interesting. And again, I have to say, I would just like to see children raised better and have the chance to use whatever brainpower they have instead of dealing with abuse or neglect for the rest of their lives. Personally that debilitates more than anything, in society, and the billions spent on therapy and such.

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