From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 04:04:52 BST
Dan, Matt and all:
DMB said: That's my big axe to grind. Maybe I'm just bitter, but
it seems that students have to be challenged and they need to be around kids
who respond to the same level of challenge, no matter what else is in the
formula.
Matt poot replied:
Having pretty recently come out of the public education system, I
couldn't agree more. While more brilliant as a youngster, my enthusiasm
was...
Dan Glover replied:
Like David and Matt P., I disliked school intensely.
dmb says:
I just wanted to say for the record that I loved school. It was fun, fun,
fun. I dated cheerleaders and pom-pom girls. Was on the student council, was
photo-editor the yearbook, was on the homecoming court and even belonged to
a gang of sorts. Loved it. But I didn't learn much in class or from books.
Also, the lack of challenge I've complained about was not due to the fact
that I'm so very brilliant. If grades and tests scores can give us an
accurate sense of such things, I would be slightly above average, but far
from brilliant. Really. I was complaining about how stupid the school was,
not how smart I am. I'm still a little angry about the low quality people
who were supposed to be teaching us. Most of them were overworked, underpaid
and seemed to take it out on us. I'm grateful for the exceptions and
remember them fondly, but there are others that I would still like to
strangle. Every student I knew was just as bored and they weren't no
geniuses neither.
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