The parents of a middle-class child diagnosed as ‘dyslexic’ have been contacted by educational psychologists who have discovered that the underperforming pupil was actually just stupid as well.
Seven year old Henry Bradley from Gloucester had been doing less well than many of his classmates for some time. ‘We couldn’t understand it…’ said his mother; ‘Henry comes from a supportive home where he is encouraged with his homework and has a private tutor for his maths. Eventually we had him privately assessed, and it was a great relief to us when the experts told us that Henry was dyslexic. Suddenly it all made sense.’
However, suspecting there may more complex reasons for Henry’s underachievement, the educational psychologist booked the child in for further tests and eventually made her unprecedented discovery. ‘He’s just dim,’ said Dr Janice Trenter. ‘Someone has to be.’
Except in Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average.
This must be a story from overseas (hence the use of “maths”). I’m not surprised at its un-PCness. In England, there are publishers who label their books as Maths for the Less Able and Maths for the More Able. If my company did anything close to that, we’d have negative news articles on the front pages of national papers.
I believe News Biscuit is the British counterpart of The Onion.