ABSTRACT
She started at an ordinary school when she was five, just as a normal child. When she was moved into the second year her teacher said she was at the bottom of the class but wouldn’t need special education. Then, I don’t know how it came about, but she had this IQ test. We had a terrible time with this man. He was very abrupt. Quite the wrong type. He immediately made you feel nervous. He had a strong Scottish accent which I had difficulty in understanding, let alone her. He showed her pictures of household things saying ‘Which one do you coook on’ and of course my daughter didn’t know which one you ‘coook on’, it was a ‘cooker’ you see. So she did get a lot wrong. She was all nervous and she could feel the tension in us. He didn’t have the right manner at all. I told him he needed to be more gentle and kind and understanding, and he got on his high horse about being a fully qualified psychologist. He might have been, but he certainly didn’t have the right manner!
