I get your point, but the need for early transition to vocational training is even more important for this population.

One of my cousins (well, his brother married one of my cousins, but that's close enough around here) - was a savant with automatic transmissions - I guarantee you his IQ wasn't 95 - probably in the mid-80s, at most - but you could put him in a dark room with an AT, a rebuild kit and just tell him what kind it was, and he would be able to get it done by feel - good thing because his vision was failing him by his mid-30s. He died young, but he was highly sought after for his automatic transmission skills.

Of course, it didn't hurt that his father and brother were great mechanics and he was working on cars about the time he started walking.

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Posted by EA6B

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Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:02 pm to Ace Midnight

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I get your point, but the need for early transition to vocational training is even more important for this population.

I agree everyone has a interest or skill that can be developed, and college should not be the only route available, but I have a problem with some that just assume if a person is not on a college track it is due to lack of intelligence. Most of the trades mentioned in the other post require licensing, or certification at some point to really have a shot at the best jobs, the exams required for plumbing, electrician, HVAC, automotive tech, and general contracting require a working knowledge of math at probably the HS algebra/trig I level, understanding of basic concepts in science and the ability to memorize a fairly large amount of information, little Johnny with the 89 IQ is going to have a tough time.

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