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- From: petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire)
- Subject: Re: Smart kids (Was Re: Magnet schools)
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- clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
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- > I assume the only one who cared that this kid, who was potentially
- >bright, was, in effect, being discouraged from doing academics.
- >His peers (high school (9-12) class population of about 120) don't
- >see much, the few that are doing well academically are isolated by
- the majority. Esp. if the are not into sports. This boy is, nothing
- special, but wants to participate. Just a kid that want to play bb.
- Not that good but so what.
- >Imagine
- >if someone saw a good runner, or a good football player, or a good violinist.
- >Such a person might be persuaded quite heavily to continue to excel in
- >these activities. Yet, it appears in this case that few people may
- >be encouraging this student to work on academics.
- Correct
- >Of course, if the
- >kid is having problems relating to other students,
- Not really, he is very easy to get along with (not only my belief but
- that of others in the school)
- >that should be looked
- >into, but it could just as easily be due to other students not liking
- >the kid for not playing basketball.
- Misunderstanding, see above.
-
- >--
- >Charles Lin
- >clin@eng.umd.edu
-