Before You Call That Child A Dullard

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Before You Call That Child A Dullard

It amuses me the way people just used the word “dull when it comes to learning. So many times I find myself asking if these people really know the true meaning of dull, and if they do, on what criteria do they base their judgment?
Dull in the oxford dictionary as regard to learning means, “slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.” From this definition, it becomes glaring that rather than the pervasiveness of “dull” in the academic (learning) context, the word should be reserved for those who truly fit the category {those with inability to learn as they should}. With the pervasiveness of this word, one may say that the word “dull” fit the class of psychological abuse. For example, because a child failed a test on several occasion does not make the child a dullard but rather, this should call your attention to other things like;
 Does the child have a good sight?
Is the child given the adequate amount of guidance?
Does the system of teaching the teacher use suit the child?
Is the environment suitable for learning?
Is he/she experiencing difficulty in all spheres of learning and not just on few areas?
Is he/she not a victim of bully in the school?
Does the child experience a healthy parent-child relationship?
Is the child not a victim of a trauma?
Is the home environment conducive for the child?
After you’ve satisfied all this, you still need to go a step further to determine his/her cognitive ability i.e, go for psychological/neurological checkup.
If eventually you found out that your child is “dull”/mentally retarded, you don’t need to panic or freak out because that does not imply that your child can not learn, it only means that, the pace at which he/she learns is slow and might require the help of special teachers.
photocredits: child-development-guide.com, psychogossip.blogspot.com 


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