I know it's not fair to comment on the story without reading it. I meant to contribute to the topic, rather than comment on the story itself. I didn't mean to suggest changes after it's published, although looking at what I wrote again I see I missed what I meant to say. (I wrote a more considered message, wiped it out with a misdirected click, and rewrote hastily and wrong. But excuses or not, what I wrote was still wrong and unfair as written. Sorry.)
Smart people in prison are exceptions, except in the low-security prisons that specialize in white-collar criminal, but enough exist that they're reasonable characters. It would only strain credibility to have an entire prison ward full of smart people.
I suppose a fair share of what I called "everyday dumb" are really cases of extremely poor education. It might take years, but eventually they'd catch up; to dismiss that would be underestimating them. But many are deeply learning-disabled; with a cursory search, I found figures ranging from 9% to almost 90%, depending on definitions.
Anyway, sorry I got carried away with one little observation to the point that I failed to think through the fact that you likely know more about the subject than I do.
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Date: Sat, Jan. 19th, 2008 09:48 am (UTC)Smart people in prison are exceptions, except in the low-security prisons that specialize in white-collar criminal, but enough exist that they're reasonable characters. It would only strain credibility to have an entire prison ward full of smart people.
I suppose a fair share of what I called "everyday dumb" are really cases of extremely poor education. It might take years, but eventually they'd catch up; to dismiss that would be underestimating them. But many are deeply learning-disabled; with a cursory search, I found figures ranging from 9% to almost 90%, depending on definitions.
Anyway, sorry I got carried away with one little observation to the point that I failed to think through the fact that you likely know more about the subject than I do.
I'll read the story, but I need to sleep now.