eddie007

hmmm.... An intelligence test for voting rights......


My youngest son mumbles at 11 is functionally illiterate... And will probably remain so... Due to his intellectual disability.... i dont know whether he'll be bannded from voting due to this... He has a good understanding of the world around him... Has strong knowledge of right and wrong and is beginning to understand handling money... He WILL be functional in so much as if we can find him employment that his skills are needed... He is very good with animals.. Very punctual (even tho he cant tell the time yet) and very reliable.... he's the kid who nptices the bin is full in the kitchen and empties it and replaces the bag without mentioning it to anyone... He is the kid who is currently cooking bacon, eggs, mushrooms and fried bread for 5 of us... He has set the table (with napkins) with the cutlery in the right order... And can hold a knife and fork properly and eat with his mouth closed unlike some very supposedly well educated people I know.....

he would have no greater idea about cannon balls and what ever than many of us who were educated when taking a science was not compulsary... But he would LOVE for you to talk to him about it... He loves talking about the abstract.....

Socially he is a well adjusted lad, gets on with ANYONE who gets on with him, sometimes it takes an effort for people to understand him due to his speech defect and sometimes kids can be cruel... They dont necessarily know they are being cruel... But think about a child who was in mainstream, being picked on Excluded, bullied during the weeek being told he must love Justin Beaver coz his hair is just like Justin Beavers... And he hates justin beaver.... At weekends... Normal ribbing... Yes, but icing on cake for Mumbles ? Yes....
Luckily he is now in Educational Support unit where his learning is geared to living and he is valued and understood..... And is in Scouts where he is treated as just an ordinary kid... He loves that... The efforts they go to to ensure he feels "ordinary" just like the others....

Any way back to your question about intelligence tests for voting rights... I never thought about whether he'd be disenfranchised from the vote... Suppose that may be the case.... There's a lot that parents of intellectually disabled children learn as they go along in life

TiddlyPom

The more the interview goes on, the more I suspect a setup. So no, they're not for real.

PS - I knew the answer to the cannon ball thing. But that's because I'm interested. I guess if people aren't interested in physics and why things happen, then they're probably not going to know or learn it.

Not everyone has to be a physicist. For most people, knowing which is going to hit the ground first has little relevance to 'real life' for most people.
I remember asking my maths teacher when I was going to use Pythagorus theorem in my day to day life...
The only time I've needed it is to help my daughter with her maths homework. For the rest, I got a mitre attachment for my saw.

It's not that important if you don't know it. We're living examples of physics in motion. Levers, force, momentum, etc... that's enough for some people. And why shouldn't it be?

cresta57

Good job they don't understand, that way Gillard can still pedal a carbon tax based on flawed data & con us all into paying three times the price they're spouting
Being visually impaired I'd have to take your word that they hit the ground simultaneously

Bernieboy

We could of course take two BE mods up in a plane and test this theory

sonlymewalter

Yeh, one on each side to open the door and boot you out

Here's the answer to Wol's questions:

http://www.ehow.com/list_5761172_bal...-projects.html

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resour...s.mfw.galmoon/

Bernieboy

Like it,however you'd need to find a mod who could open a door

sonlymewalter

easy, trust me

Bix

Would it lead to heaven or hell?

sonlymewalter

wot....for him or us?

Bix

whichever.

sonlymewalter

you be the judge of that one

Bernieboy

I've already been to hell,not pretty but a damn sight better than queensland

sonlymewalter

more fun in hell than heaven anyway. Prolly why Qld suits

Bernieboy

Oh well i'm off to the pub for a proper pint and roast dinner then footbal on the telly

sonlymewalter

oooerrrr a pub dinner a pint and football. you really know how to live it up mate