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No. However he was a "late bloomer", only uttering his first word at the age of 3 years. His tendency to work slow lead his teachers to assume he was a slow learner, often disregarding him.

Could be he had the same problem with all very intelligent children

They get bored by the methods they are taught,(they are taught too slowly to keep their interest) so tend to withdraw

Result - they are just bored to death so lose interest in their classes and are regarded as retarded.

You must remember that "standards" are just that - children are asessed against arbitrary measures

How can you assess them meaningfully if they have absolutely no interest in participating in your assessment

Well he did have a learning disability, but many with learning disabilities have above average intelligence. He lack some basic skills but more then made up for them. So yes by today's standards he would have been diagnosed with a learning disability.

No but my science teacher is.