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>The reason is because students should have a right and an expectation to equal access to education. For mathematically gifted children, Prussian-style schooli
by ThrustVectoring 7y ago
>The reason is because students should have a right and an expectation to equal access to education.
For mathematically gifted children, Prussian-style schooling is a net negative. The way to ensure equal access to math education isn't to funnel more resources into the system that tortures the love of math out of generations of children. Some kind of organized program that allows students to opt out of traditional schooling for mostly self-directed education seems like it'd work much better.
- sokoloff 7y agoTotally agree! I was in SMPY (700+ on “old SAT” math at under age 13) and did a self-study and examination to learn and test out of Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 and start Algebra 3 during a 3 week summer camp/course. It was one of the best academic experiences I had prior to college. No BS, just self-study (with mentor TAs present if needed) and test when done (and crucially, done at your pace, not that of the slowest target kid in the class). Only downside was that meant I’d taken all the high school math by the end of 10th grade (5 on AP Calc AB [what we offered]) and so had to commute part-day to Univ of MD. I know that’s an outlier case, but damn regular math class was 5-20x too slow to hold my interest. I don’t wish to inflict that on others in whatever their field of interest and abilities are.