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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Subject: Effects of the schools
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- Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 13:35:54 GMT
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- In article <ccDyTB3w164w@allen.com> carolyn@allen.com (Carolyn Allen) writes:
- >> (P. S. I'm not complaining... I like Michigan State. I am,
- >> however, rather jaded from the years of school for which I have nothing
- >> useful to show. Also, while I haven't done disastrously, my grades
- >> here don't reflect my ability well because my high school did NOTHING
- >> to teach me the study skills I would need here, so I am trying to
- >> teach myself, as usual.)
-
- >...excuse me, but what class is supposed to teach you study skills?
-
- ...................
-
- With this I agree. Many of the schools actually do attempt to teach
- study skills. These might improve regurgitation, like the advertized
- materials, "Where There's a Will There's an A," but as for understanding,
- each must develop essentially on his own, with constructive criticism.
- Just as one cannot teach people how to find proofs, one cannot teach
- study skills.
-
- >> In the U. S., how much money you have to play with is one
- >> BIG factor in determining what you can do.
-
- >...In the U.S. (and elsewhere), how much determination you have is one
- >BIG factor in what you do with the money you have.
-
- >Necessity is the mother of invention...no one said that money inspires
- >creativity, self-discipline or intelligence. You're facing necessity, so
- >count your blessings and cut the jealousy. You have been given a
- >background that can motivate you to great heights if you appreciate it
- >for the kick in the behind it is.
-
- He has been given a background, but he rightly complains about having
- been denied at least 5 years of education by the schools and the effects
- of the stultifying atmosphere. And we should join him in decrying the
- waste of talent.
- --
- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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