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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All I am saying is that the Danielle’s are 1 in 10000 and for the average school is a logistical/academic nightmare to cather the best resources to 1-2 single kids… focus on co-sponsoring these kids to go to a few special schools built for them. That makes more sense to me.
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maybe my example isn't the very best for this, but i think it's very reasonable to consider a more advanced stream of the top 5% that doesn't get bogged down, for all I know i'd have liked it in there. it is actually nice to be with kids your size / at your life stage...
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