Carol
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12/6/04
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Re: Ability grouping (was:Re: Affective learning in mathematics; What is math?)
Posted:
Dec 18, 1996 12:34 AM
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Brian M. Scott wrote:
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> In article <32B7209A.7E57@earthlin.net>, carolmc@earthlin.net says...
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> At this point it would be presumptuous for me to answer for Herman,
> but I will answer for myself. I fight first for the intellectually
> precocious because (a) I have a good deal of first-hand experience
> with the category and (b) it is one that tends to suffer a good deal
> of benign neglect, apparently on the theory that its members can fend
> for themselves. I would include those with fertile verbal skills in
> this category. I am all in favor of providing suitable opportunities
> for the artistically precocious, too, but my primary interests lie
> elsewhere. It's like good causes: being unable to contribute to
> all of them, I choose the ones that interest me most.
My argument is that their are many kinds of intelligence, and to argue that
certain types are more precious than others, in my opinion, is a form of
bigotry.
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> Certainly I have no patience with those who assume that physical
> handicaps are incompatible with intellectual achievement; the idea
> is absurd. I'm not sure what you mean by social handicaps; that
> could be anything from acne to sociopathy. Motivational speaking,
> on the other hand, is not something that I consider particularly
> useful. I tend to view it as demagoguery, sometimes put to a good
> purpose, sometimes not. More important, I don't see what it has
> to do with school. Here, I suspect, is one place where you and
> I part company: I see development of the intellect as the first
> priority. (I quite understand that that's hard to manage if, for
> example, most of one's students are hungry or frightened; I'm
> talking about a philosophical ideal.) As for children who
> understand themselves, how would you tell? What could you do to
> help them develop this ability?
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> Brian M. Scott
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"When you hold a child's hand, point to the sky and say,
"Look at the airplane up there, where do you think it's going?"
and he replies, as though to an idiot, "To the airport, of course!",
whose fault is it?"
{Found in the program for Cirque du Soliel}
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