A student’s intelligence can be a large contributing factor to how their teachers, peers, and in general, their school, treats them. This evidence is backed up by the short story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys which follows the perspective of the mentally challenged Charlie Gordon who is challenged with the average day problems, but due to his condition, the difficulty of which is greatly increased. In the short story, it is not uncommon either for others to look down on him, so Charlie is constantly taken advantage of or made fun of because of his slowness. An example of which is on page 289, paragraph 1 in which it states, “Then Frank Reilley said what did you do Charlie forget your key and open your door the hard way. That made me
