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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Oh, for crying out loud.  Snap out of the land of rosy-colored glasses already.  This is not med school.  This is DCPS.  DCPS does social promotion.  You get a passing grade even if you don't do the worksheet at all.  You get a passing grade just for showing up.  There is no such thing as failure, unless you really try at failing.  There are no consequences and zero accountability.  Passing and graduation can be taken for granted.  Given all that, there's no need for many of these students to even try.  So, yes, absolutely they are coasting along.  That is a situation that does not exist in Finland or most other parts of the world - and certainly not in med school.[/quote]
 
+1. And, as someone who works in brain science, let me suggest to previous PP he learns a bit more about neuroplasticity and cognition before becoming self-deluded by empty statements such as "X cemented the knowledge in his brain." [/quote]

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