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- From: pat@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Louis Sugent)
- Subject: Re: Spheres and Calculus [Re: Cyber (was Introduction was Eh?)]
- Message-ID: <Bzqwvt.C29@chinet.chi.il.us>
- References: <9212210021.AA12435@cs.columbia.edu> <1992Dec22.204454.21849@crc.ricoh.com> <1992Dec23.193836.8586@data-io.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 04:09:27 GMT
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- li@Data-IO.COM (Phyllis Rostykus) writes:
- >The difference, it seems, is that both the high schools that Liralen went
- >to were high schools in rich areas with parents who had already achieved so
- >much that on the whole, they couldn't stand to see their kids held back.
- >With all the parents being 'gifted' to being with, their kids were, in very
- >unaverage numbers, intellectually gifted as well. So there were classes of
- >30-40 in every advanced subject. She had never been made to feel as if she
- >were somehow terribly different than anyone else. There had always been
- >enough people at her level to learn with. Plus, some *really* wealthy
- >parents had always given grants to the schools for advanced work.
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- "With regard to the education levels in wealthier areas, I think there
- can be no doubt that the difference is substantial. I would be curious
- to know to what extent this is true in other countries. Perhaps, this
- is a good question for DM or the brumby.
-
- "Actually, this reminds me of one of my experiences and I am curious
- to see if you share it. After being 'tracked' throughout my memorable
- school years, I had to take one or two courses in late High School
- with 'everyone else'. These courses included such things as 'consumer
- education' (how to balance your check book and plan a grocery budget)
- and 'American Government' (how a bill becomes a law and other government
- functions taught on Sesame Street). Now that you bring up the subject of
- 'tracking' (more or less), I recall suffering some degree of culture
- shock at taking classes with 'the rest of the students'. In particular,
- I was shocked at how much lower the level of instruction was (especially
- considering my assessment of the 'advanced' courses). Of course,
- this comparison probably isn't quite fair since these were courses that
- every student had to pass to graduate and were probably 'fixed' so that
- even the 'lowest' student could pass them. Then again, maybe that
- is part of my point.
-
- "While there was probably more 'diversity in learning abilities' in my high
- school than yours (with your school's 'lows' likely being higher than my
- school's 'lows'), I was curious if you experienced anything
- similar. Of course, I welcome comments from others as well. :-)
-
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- Pat
-
- --
- Patrick Sugent
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- pat@chinet.chi.il.us
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