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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:47 - G&T programs aren't about "coddling" students - in fact, it's about accelerating them and challenging them with harder material.

But if you are so opposed to "coddling" students, then consider this:   Isn't it "coddling" the less-proficient students to have them coast along, be assigned student tutors, and so on - when their peers are having to work harder than they do?[/quote]

How is the less proficient student working less hard?  If two students, one that excels in math and the other that doesn't, are given the same worksheet, student A breezes through it without much effort and the student B spends more time and has more difficulty with the sheet, did student A work harder than student B?  Are they coasting along?  Now student A explains the problem to student B, student B re works the problem, student A cemented the knowledge in his brain.

I always signed up for tutoring students or working as a TA in med school.  You know why?  Teaching the concepts I learned to other students always cemented the knowledge into my brain.  [/quote]

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