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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] -I would come home crying, because I wanted [i]so badly[/i] to learn, and I loved math, but the years where we didn't learn new content was rough. My mom took pity on me and would sometimes teach me things like change of base math, imaginary numbers, etc. in elem. Just so I'd get to throw some new concepts into my head. I didn't lose my love of math, but, in hindsight, I can see how high the risk of that was. [...] So yeah - the kids may survive the curriculum in whatever form. Shouldn't we want them to thrive though? Shouldn't we want to unlock every student's potential? Reduce their mental stress and anxiety that are fostered by dragging them along at a snail's pace?[/quote] See, the thing is that smart kids usually have a more pleasant life when they are older. Equity demands that we make them cripplingly miserable when they are younger. If we can give them a few lasting psychological scars, so much the better.[/quote]
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