On Jun 18, 7:38*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:33:46 +0000 (UTC), enigma wrote:
>
> >> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
> >>> OH....... *I do SO understand this. *(I am sorry that I do,
> >>> though.)
> >> *yeah, i'm sorry that you do too, because it means that schools still
> >> only serve the lowest common denomenator
> >> *school should not be one size fits all, because kids are all
> >> different, with different strengths & weaknesses, different interests
> >> & different learning styles. do we really need to still be producing
> >> more generations of little robots to serve as worker bees? sheesh.
> >> lee
>
> > well, that's still one of the unspoken aims. *but i would be very much
> > surprised if modern schools actually stomped on the gifted as you and jean
> > describe. *they might not *help* them much, but i don't think they actually
> > get in their way.
>
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> Well, what do you call it when a kid is forced to work at grade level?
>
For the smarter ones, I'd call it a waste.
>
> --
> Jean B.

--Bryan