don't bother

There really is no point in trying to 'educate' low-intelligence people beyond a certain point. I mean, there's only so much learning people with IQs of 85 and 90 can absorb, and to try to push them beyond that will only lead to frustration and resentment. Plus, it won't work anyway. Yes, we should try to bring everybody up to some basic level of literacy and numeracy so they can get through day-to-day life in a society like this, and maybe even hold down some kind of job. But don't expect miracles, and don't bet the farm on it.

I think this is one cause of increasing teacher burnout, this attempt to educate people who are basically ineducable beyond a certain point. The result is that what goes on in some of these schools is more an exercise in crowd control than anything else, just an attempt to keep a lid on the pandemonium created by kids who couldn't care less about education. In an environment like that, teachers can't teach, and those students capable of learning can't learn.

We need to make sure that the kids who have demonstrated-- who have demonstrated-- a high level of intellectual ability are challenged and get what they need. These are the people who can create a decent economy and society.