when i was a kid reading encyclopedias and astrophysics books for educated amateurs (‘cause that’s what i wanted to read…) i arrived in kindergarten where we were literally learning letters from the alphabet one by one it was kafkaesque torture & my teacher called me a smartasshttps://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1446435627495530496 …
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Replying to @DanielleFong
You are obviously a genius, a way out outlier. How can you seriously expect that a system designed for the masses to be customized for your insane (in a good way) needs? That’s what private schools/funding, or shortcuts to uni are for.
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Replying to @originalMoruk @DanielleFong
Because we *do* spend public school resources on IEPs for people at the other end of the bell curve, for equity when not all parents of exceptional kids have the resources to pay for private tutoring, because as a society we all benefit from smart people being educated...
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Replying to @Mimi_Rose_01 @DanielleFong
There is no simmetry. Non a bell curve. Helping the bottom kids to make sure they can write and read is much cheaper than paying for nobel laureates that could teach to exceptional students like Danielle. That can and is done in separate schools, and separate academies.
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Replying to @originalMoruk @DanielleFong
Which separate schools and academies are available to parents who don't have the resources to pay private tuition? I went to the "#1 public HS" magnet school (https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-20461 …) and it wasn't sufficiently challenging so I left after a year.
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Replying to @Mimi_Rose_01 @DanielleFong
I don’t know, but this kind of problems should be solved by the private sector (like it happens for scholarships paid for at private universities). The money is out there; it’s a matter of getting the right money/funding to the right kids in the right place.
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Imagine being a 12 year old Lebron-James-like kid and complain that your middle school’s basketball program is pathetic and the school should start an NBA level basketball program.. just for you because otherwise u get bored.
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not quite my point. it's more like - kids have different states of knowledge, learning rates, interests - whether or not you want it, some "gifted" kids are just way advanced, by years - especially sucks to suffer through slow lessons under punitive teachers - escape if you can
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