Show claim gifted child neglected by schools I 1 EVANSTON ILL Is there a young genius in your home there could be whether your income tax is thousands of dollars a year or you dont know where the next months month rent la Is coming from this is the report ot of dr W drayton lewis assistant professor of psychology at murray state teachers college murray ky dr lewis studied 60 50 of the most brilliant bra llant children in a group of selected from schools all over the country each a one in a thousand child on the basis of intelligence tests all ali had IQs over 14 is normal it Is tragic dr lewis said that these gifted children are so mistreated in the schools our educational cat ional system neglects the most promising students only one boy bay in five civi and two girls in five 0 of f the outstanding group were characterized by their teachers as being precocious or mentally quick two of them were even called dull or mentally sluggish these children who rate one in a thousand among their classmates are not even recognized by their teachers as bright because the educational system keeps them down to the level of the average the economic status of the chil drens dren homes dr lewis reported varies from poverty to affluence and the social status is equally divergent these exceptionally intelligent children he said can be expected in any type of home the fathers come from all levels of society they are high school principals army officers doctors ministers mercantile men government employees farmers barbers truck drivers mill mil hands factory workers and common laborers in fact they are from all walks of life |