Smart kids often have a tough time in school, but smart kids w/ learning disabilities, cognitive or behavioral eccentricities have to contend w/ a system that bundles them into a category defined by deficiency, expects little of them, forces their attention onto self-suppression
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John Holt, speaking about children considered cognitively deficient: "They must lead lives something like the heroes of stories of impersonation, who, pretending to be someone else, must continually remember to walk, talk, whistle, sing, scratch, move a certain way, always..."
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Replying to @webdevMason
Do you think it is possible to 'recover' from a cognitive deficiency? Just curious, not looking to argue.
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Holt believes it's much easier for these kids to "recover" than for them to be considered "recovered." Whether he's right, I don't know enough to saypic.twitter.com/gqw9VOnJR7
12:05 PM - 5 Apr 2019
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