[Blarg]

This kind of story is less rare than you think. A lot of people have been put in special ed classes and thought retarded for actual physical deficits, like being deaf or hard of hearing, or having really bad eyesight so they can't really see or notice what other people are doing.

And sometimes the kids just have unusual personalities, or the parents are even at fault for their own personality problems.

It sounds like you were just told about this by your parents, rather than it being a memory. It's cool your parents told you; that's worth sharing.

And it's definitely a little creepy that sometimes it's only a bit of luck in life that keeps pretty bad things from happening to you.