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- From: wayman@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Jeffrey Wayman)
- Subject: Re: Smart kids (Was Re: Magnet schools)
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- In article <1993Jan8.222319.19498@sequent.com> petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire) writes:
- >
- >Or what about this kid, in a school where (s)he is put down by his, peers,
- >and in some cases by his parents, because he would not 'fit-in'. A kid
- >I was a mentor to this summer, (est IQ over 135) didn't want to get good
- >grades because he felt that he would not have any friends, and he did not
- >want to be a 'nurd and geek' ,his words, Also he had to make a choise between
- >basketball EVERYNIGHT of the week or homework, the school (big into
- >sports) and his parents felt that his basketball was more important and
- >these are direct observations and conservations with the school and his
- >parents, not my opion.
-
- I'm not entirely certain that extracurricular activities aren't as
- important as academics in the situation of a tremendously gifted child.
- Of course, being pushed into something is another story. A student
- like this needs balance in his life more than anything. Athletics
- (that's what was mentioned here) can provide that along with other
- experiences that can teach him as much as any classroom ever could. if
- the kid likes something other than academics, let him at it.
-
- >His math teacher was the only one who seemed to care, but she was new,
- >and (I can't blame her) didn't want to risk loosing her job. Both his
- >history and english teachers were basketball coaches.
-
- The only one who cared about what?
-
- I think coaches get a bad rap about only caring that kids get into sports.
- Granted, there will be those coaching zealots who only care that a kid
- can play, but I'd guess 98% of the high school coaches have the kid's
- interest in mind. And yes, I thought about that statement!! :-)
-
- Jeff wayman@lamar.colostate.edu
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