The purpose of factory schooling is to create "Goldilocks" citizens, using a variety of brutal methods. Just smart enough to do the childish jobs that are out there, and just dumb/intimidated enough to accept them. Logic, rhetoric, real history and civics OUT of the curriculum.
10-20% of all high school dropouts test in the gifted range. Up to 40% of all gifted students are underachievers. Spending on gifted students is often far less than 1% of the total budget. If gifted students were a minority race, everyone would be up in arms. Anti IQ bigotry.
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>> John Taylor Gatto - The Underground History of American Education. On pdf, free. https://cdn.greathomeschoolconventions.com/free/Underground-History-of-America-Education.pdf …
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Yeah hope you like it - tons of good content and some of his essays at the end. Unparalleled, really.
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*mouth full of Elmer's glue* people hate me cause I'm smart
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Many people think that high-IQ students don't need anything special as they're perceived as already being likely to succeed, but society as a whole benefits when the best minds are developed to their full potential. A gifted person should not be a gift to themselves but to all.
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My son tested gifted, bored in school from day one, any out of box behavior or thought was reported to me as non-compliance. AP program was just more work, not harder or interesting. To this day he struggles with being perceived as “too smart”. How is that a thing?
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Me: “daydreams too much.”
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This should be item #1 in new edu policy. Item #2 is ensuring HEALTHY CONDITIONS for students (let them sleep, good food, dont cut gym, and teach them what child abuse) Item #3 - real skills (biz, money, logic/phil 101, job apps, driving)
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I dropped out of high school for those reasons. My only place where I feel useful isn’t an actual school. It’s the library.
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We need structured learning plans that help gifted children. The IEP actually has a potential to work for both gifted and learning disabled alike. It’s a way to work with the pace of the student.
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Been saying this for YEARS. It is an ideal structure for both ends, and with online learning, highly implementable.
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There are a few schools in my area to do this. I rather wish I lived here while I was in high school. I would have been a lot better disciplined if I did.
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Ditto that x100. I had a tiny country school - first Merit Scholar they’d had in thirty years. No gifted program (tho they did their best with a tiered credit system for determining academic honors.) I spent my boredom time volunteering in the library or starting clubs (3).
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2/ with greater challenges, I would have done much better in college.
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