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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Old mom here who grew up in the time of elementary and middle school tracking.  I remember the top, middle and low classrooms.  I was  square in the middle.  My sister was in the top.

Did it make me work harder? I can't say.  
Did it emmotionally scar me or keep me from reaching my potential?  No.
I made honor roll in high school and finished a bachelors degree straight out of high school.

What was your experience?  Did tracking scar you emmotionally or cause you to be a low performer in school or unsuccessful in life?[/quote]

I was tracked to the middle. 
I did not make me work harder but I worked very hard for my mediocre grades. I did not find out why until I was 40, that I was dyslexic.
I would say there are a few scars. Since my spelling was terrible the assumption was that I was stupid. Teachers made comments about not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, checking if I was related to the rest of my family and maybe I wasn't college material. I have a lot of respect for good teachers, I have a chip on my shoulder when I meet a bad teacher. 
I have a degree in Math and a Masters in Information Technology.

It makes me believe that measuring intelligence the way we do is missing the mark.

[b]I think real great STEM kids are overlooked because they are not strong in reading and writing[/b].[/quote]

See, I have found the opposite to be true.  STEM seems to be all anyone talks about these days, and the kids who are excellent writers or extremely bright in language arts are pretty much ignored.[/quote]

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