Re: Homework Time

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1 total messages Started by Richard L Taylor Mon, 27 Feb 1995 01:41

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Author: Richard L Taylor
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 01:41

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On Sun, 26 Feb 1995, Donald E. Simanek wrote

> We all know what's 'wrong'. The kids are intellectually lazy.

I think this is garbage. My kids work hard, and they know more than I
knew when I was in high school (and I knew more than most.) They are
better adjusted socially, and they are academically better prepared.
What is different is that there is now a much wider range of kids. In my
high school of 2000 students there were two physics classes. In our
school of 1500 we have ten physics classes. To look at those 200+ kids
and say they are stupid and lazy because they don't all perform like the
35 best kids in school 30 years ago is short sighted and dishonest.
Yearning for the way it used to be means wanting a great portion of the
population to be illiterate, and only for the few elite to be in our
physics classes. Don't sell our kids short.

Richard L. Taylor
J. J. Pearce H. S.
Richardson, TX

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