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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.

Or what about this kid, in a school where (s)he is put down by his, peers,
and in some cases by his parents, because he would not 'fit-in'. A kid
I was a mentor to this summer, (est IQ over 135) didn't want to get good
grades because he felt that he would not have any friends, and he did not
want to be a 'nurd and geek' ,his words, Also he had to make a choise between
basketball EVERYNIGHT of the week or homework, the school (big into
sports) and his parents felt that his basketball was more important and
these are direct observations and conservations with the school and his
parents, not my opion.

His math teacher was the only one who seemed to care, but she was new,
and (I can't blame her) didn't want to risk loosing her job. Both his
history and english teachers were basketball coaches.

-pete
Pete Lancashire
petel@sequent.com