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> create disadvantages for those now branded dumb for their entire school career We already do this too an extent, schools have "smart" classes and "dumb" clas

by flukus 9y ago

> create disadvantages for those now branded dumb for their entire school career We already do this too an extent, schools have "smart" classes and "dumb" classes, typically for things like math. The biggest problem is that they don't apply this until high school. Aside from any innate ability, kids have different learning speeds and letting them fall behind on a subject they don't understand while the rest of the class moves on does no good for anyone.

j4mes_w 9y ago
It also doesn't help children that do understand what is being taught to have to repeat basic concepts multiple times for the benefit of children that are slower. Intelligence, physical ability, beauty are not distributed evenly about the population of humans. Pretending it is for the sake of feelings is foolish and short-sighted. If we could be adults about the facts and foster each individual's strengths and weaknesses without being cts to each other we would be much better off. Why is intelligence such a touchy subject??? Some people are short, some tall. Some fast, some slow. Some smart, some dumb. It doesn't make them any less human. And denying that certain identifiable groups have clusters of one or the other attribute around their genetics is equally unproductive. Obviously it isn't deterministic in EVERY individual but its a starting point. Give everyone a chance but please stop pretending that everyone is the same or capable of the same things. Human biodiversity is real
stormbrew 9y ago
There is a huge huge difference between recognizing a student's need for a different learning style empirically and forcing them into a path based on a genetic test from kindergarten. I am absolutely not in favour of one size fits all education styles, but this is definitely not the answer.

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> create disadvantages for those now branded dumb for their entire school career We already do this too an extent, schools have "smart" classes and "dumb" clas

by flukus 9y ago

j4mes_w 9y ago
It also doesn't help children that do understand what is being taught to have to repeat basic concepts multiple times for the benefit of children that are slower. Intelligence, physical ability, beauty are not distributed evenly about the population of humans. Pretending it is for the sake of feelings is foolish and short-sighted. If we could be adults about the facts and foster each individual's strengths and weaknesses without being cts to each other we would be much better off. Why is intelligence such a touchy subject??? Some people are short, some tall. Some fast, some slow. Some smart, some dumb. It doesn't make them any less human. And denying that certain identifiable groups have clusters of one or the other attribute around their genetics is equally unproductive. Obviously it isn't deterministic in EVERY individual but its a starting point. Give everyone a chance but please stop pretending that everyone is the same or capable of the same things. Human biodiversity is real
stormbrew 9y ago
There is a huge huge difference between recognizing a student's need for a different learning style empirically and forcing them into a path based on a genetic test from kindergarten. I am absolutely not in favour of one size fits all education styles, but this is definitely not the answer.