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In article <g2crv0p2maf5cqfu91utidkp2oqpi3ps9o@4ax.com>,
toto  <scarecrow@wicked.witch> wrote:
>On 30 Jan 2005 20:43:35 -0500, hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu (Herman
>Rubin) wrote:

>>My son learned the structure of mathematics and some of
>>the concepts before first grade, and was at the point
>>where he could look for them.  My daughter, who is not
>>a mathematician and not as bright, age nine, and she did
>>not want to learn too much not being done in school.

>Interesting admission, Herman.  Your dd did not *want* to
>learn what you wanted to teach her.  Did she learn anyway?
>If not, what makes you think the teachers in a school setting
>can teach unmotivated average kids what you could not
>get your own child who was bright, but not as bright as your
>son to learn?

She did, and later thanked us for it.  If it was taught in
a class with her friends, she would not have objected at
all; the biggest problem was teaching her phonics, and both
my wife and I were determined to do this before she started
first grade.  When she started first grade, she recognized
quickly that the school program, claimed to be phonics, was
essentially a farce.  This was during the "Dick and Jane" days.

BTW, my daughter received a PhD in chemistry, and graduated
college with an honors degree in mathematics and chemistry,
and was a teaching assistant in both as an undergraduate.

Also, the materials I used,  which may well have been the
best available, were at an unnecessarily high vocabulary
level.   I am not much as a writer, but I believe that a
fairly simple rewriting of my late wife's college text in
logic could work for the average child in earlier grades.
For one with good reading ability, the present book, with
a guide to say what not to cover, will work now.
-- 
This address is for information only.  I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu         Phone: (765)494-6054   FAX: (765)494-0558