Show claim gifted child neglected by se schools bools 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 rent is coming from this is the report of dr W drayton lewis assistant professor of psychology at murray state teachers college murray ky dr lewis studied 50 of the most brilliant 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 had IQs over is normal 11 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 in five and two girls in five of 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 evan recognized by their teachers as bright because the educational system keeps them down to the level of the average |