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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher and have attended many IEP meetings over the years. Most of these students have IQs in the lower to mid 70s so I’m happy with my son’s average IQ. My brother had a high IQ and zero common sense. He dropped out of college and defaulted on his student loan. It took forever for him to recover from it. [/quote]

I doubt it.  Those kids are usually not mainstreamed.  Learning disabilities can be related to adhd, emotional, nonverbal disabilities, dyslexia and others.  These kids have normal to high IQs[/quote]

Mainstreamed? They aren’t considered intellectually disabled with IQs from 70-75 so of course they are in general ed. I teach them every day. They require a ton of repetition to retain information like letter names, sounds, sight words, etc. [/quote]

The time commitment required of teachers for this type of kid is why they shouldn't be in the general ed classroom. The normal kids lose out. It's not okay or moral to subsidize the education of some kids that don't belong in the first place by not teaching others for whom the standard curriculum is developed for. [/quote]

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