How pathetic is our system?, page-114

My dad had polio as a kid - and had he taken today's "modern" approach to life he would have accepted the fact that he had polio and would be debilitated for the rest of his life.

My grandfather took him down to the local swimming pool - a luxury in those days - and made him swim laps to keep his muscles in shape. It was a lot of hard work and determination on the part of my dad in pre war Europe but in the end he not only beat polio - but came out stronger for it.

In my view - so called IQ deficiencies - offer similar challenges. You can use it as an excuse to blame everyone else in society or you can do something to "train and exercise" the brain and improve your status in life.

This requires hard work and determination - and this, in many of today's youth - may be more deficient than a low IQ