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- From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
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- Subject: Re: Branding kids, IQ tests, smart vs dumb (Was: Re: Seminar Program)
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 05:34:37 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.215406.18366@clpd.kodak.com>, staffan@ca.serum.kodak.com (Kenneth Staffan (x37507)) writes:
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- >It's funny that this topic has come up just now. About a week ago, one
- >of my 21-month-old son's preschool teachers pulled me aside. She told me that
- >she thought he was gifted in languages, because his vocabularly is at the level
- >of the 3-4 year old class, rather than the toddler class he is in. I don't
- >know what she must have thought of me! I told her that I thought all of
- >the kids were gifted in certain aspects, etc. She corrected me, and said
- >that no, this was special, and I should get him tested, nurture the
- >skill, challenge him, etc. Well, except for getting him tested, we _are_
- >nurturing (hopefully) _all_ of his skills, and (hopefully) challenging him
- >in _all_ ways (to whatever degree he leads). I hope we challenge any of
- >our kids to be their best, without having to label them, or compare them
- >to others (though I know that is nearly inevitable in our society). Both my
- >wife and I were pretty late bloomers, so we know that a child doesn't have
- >to be identified as gifted early in life, to be happy, successful, and
- >continually improving himself/herself later in life.
-
- I wonder if people have done studies about how kids in non-accelerated
- classes are taught. Do teachers decide it's not worth pushing them?
- Do they put down the students (you would think this wouldn't happen)?
- Is the attitude better toward so-called gifted children? We have
- many teachers across the US, some (like Mr. Green) who have found solutions
- to "problem" students and are able to deal with these students, in what
- seems to be a productive manner. Yet, is this information readily
- available to other people? I don't know exactly what an education
- degree provides, but it would be nice to have some of the ideas of
- education delivered to others teachers, and perhaps even to parents.
-
- It should be that all parents (if they can) should try to nurture
- their children's talents, even when these are not readily apparent, but
- what may be needed is some sort of guide to this process from others
- who have been successful in motivation.
-
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- Charles Lin
- clin@eng.umd.edu
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