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That's not the claim the author is making. Relevant paragraph: "Does math acceleration make our kids better than other kids? No, also not in the slightest. Our
by Youden 2y ago
That's not the claim the author is making.
Relevant paragraph: "Does math acceleration make our kids better than other kids? No, also not in the slightest. Our kids are just lucky that they like math and were born into a family that supports their love."
The two ways I can read this are:
- ("make" = "lead to the conclusion that"): His kids aren't able to handle the accelerated maths because of an innate aptitude that they were born with but because they like it and their family supports them.
- ("make" = "ensure that"): His kids may have an advantage but that advantage is no reason to view other kids as lesser or people to look down on, as the advantage is a result of luck and circumstance.
- bawolff 2y ago> His kids aren't able to handle the accelerated maths because of an innate aptitude that they were born with but because they like it and their family supports them. That sounds pretty much like the definition of innate aptitude to me. Religious people like to say things along the lines of - jesus helps those who helps themselves. I'm not religious, but basically the same thing applies here. Advantages don't just happen, they are the result of hard work. Obviously that is no excuse to look down on someone else, but people who put in work to give themselves an advantage should be able to be proud of the work they have done. Its not nothing.
- alpinisme 2y ago“Innate” = inborn. You’re not wrong about how talents are fostered but the claim here is that they weren’t just magic, “I was born with it” kind of things.