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- From: idfriedm@hertz.uwaterloo.ca (id friedman)
- Subject: Re: Smart kids (Was Re: Magnet schools)
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:55:52 GMT
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- In article <Jan09.011315.62346@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> wayman@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Jeffrey Wayman) writes:
- >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.
- >
- Nobody is saying that extracurriculars are not important. However, you
- must realize that in many school a strong anti-intellectual sentiment
- exists. The kids who do well in math, science or other subjects are the
- "geeks and nerds". So waht is happening is that a lot of these kids are
- suppressing their desire to seriously learn these subjects.
-
- It seems to me like these special schools for the gifted might remedy
- this situation.
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- >>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
-
- Ishay
-