• hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
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    7 天前

    Conventionally attractive girls have their scholarly struggles ignored because it is assumed they are pretty enough to get along. They are generally treated well enough that they don’t become a behavioral problem. They are out there, suffering their poor reading and math skills in silence because there’s no push to identify them.

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      7 天前

      Is there a push to identify learning problems in unattractive people, really?

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        7 天前

        No, there is a push to ignore learning problems entirely unless they are bad enough to qualify for a diagnoses that merits additional funding. If you don’t pass the threshold for a qualifying diagnosis, they would rather not provide services at all.

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      7 天前

      I have also seen this. It can be easier to control one’s appearance than to control unidentified problems. There’s a huge market for fashion & cosmetics, perhaps bigger than the education industry. All people have value regardless of appearance or ability, of course.