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Many gifted kids have the entirety of the global internet as a resource for learning. I don’t have a strong opinion about how much advanced education a public
by moistly 5y ago
Many gifted kids have the entirety of the global internet as a resource for learning.
I don’t have a strong opinion about how much advanced education a public school system should provide, though I might suggest those educations which require specialized machines or equipment that can be shared among many students might deserve priority over those that just require a talking head and chalkboard.
- civilized 5y agoFor a large fraction of gifted students, all American schools have to do is stop forcing them to waste their time on things they already know or pick up 10 times faster than the average student. Let them read a book on the topic being taught in the back of the class. A couple of my best teachers did let me do this, but it was quite clear that it was the exception rather than the rule, and it depended entirely on their idiosyncratic and countercultural sense of concern for the well-being and development of all students, even gasp the talented ones. There is absolutely zero effort involved, and the idea that this takes away from other students is just good old Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD). Don't FUD the conversation without evidence, please.