blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:24:45 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:56:26 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> 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
>>>> You'd argue with a brick wall just to be contrary wouldn't you?
>>>>
>>>> <sigh>
>>> no. i just think school has changed in the last forty-odd years. hell,
>>> when *i* was in elementary school, when it came to reading they told one
>>> girl to sit in the back and read whatever she wanted to while the teacher
>>> dealt with the rest of us.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>> THAT would have been much better!
>
> this girl was a pip. i remember vividly that she used to have strips of
> raw green pepper packed in her lunch, which the rest of us thought was
> extremely weird.
>
> your pal,
> blake

I admire folks who exhibit some individuality. But it must have
made things very difficult for her in her younger years.

--
Jean B.