Most of the rest are shunted off into special schools for the mentally disabled or else drop out of normal school before they are 15 years old, many of them defeated by bullying and homework that is hard to finish in cold and unlit homes.

ECONOMIST: Gypsy children

Old friends say that Mr. Loughner began high school a normal kid who excelled at the saxophone.

WSJ: Loughner's Prior Behavior Pointed to Signs of Imbalance