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Article #890Re: Magnet schools
From: Charles Lin
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 21:31
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 21:31
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In article <1993Jan8.201921.8493@julian.uwo.ca>, roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts) writes:
>
>I am not talking about everage children. There are those who know
>advanced calculus before they ever enter high school.
>The interrelational problems between those children and their classmates
>are still greater.
>
I think the kinds of people who enter magnet schools, while possibly
bright, aren't *that* bright. The number of people who know calculus
prior to high school (to me that's 9th or 10th grade) is exceedingly
small. However, the numbers that learn calculus in high school while
small, is nowhere near that small. Perhaps those people who do know
calculus by 9th grade ought to go to college, but at the level of better
than average, and below genius, magnet schools appear to have a niche.
--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
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Newsgroups: misc.education Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!mojo.eng.umd.edu!clin From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) Subject: Re: Magnet schools Message-ID: <1993Jan08.213151.519@eng.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 21:31:51 GMT Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity von Uniland, College Park Sender: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin) Distribution: na References: <1993Jan8.024823.20241@meteor.wisc.edu> <1993Jan8.040433.12644@julian.uwo.ca> <1993Jan08.052327.18128@eng.umd.edu> <1993Jan8.201921.8493@julian.uwo.ca> Originator: clin@step.eng.umd.edu Lines: 20