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Bodhisattva · 03-08-08, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitten_130

I live in Buffalo and many schools don't offer as many AP's as they should and yes we are behind many countries in education and i notice that many kids like me are bored to death in class and as a result they skip classes and some even drop out and just get there GED I think schools should have different classroom for kids that are more mentally prepared than others. But no one really does anything i was thinking of writting a letter to the board of education but i don't think they will do anything if i don't have a whole bunch of people signing it and i don't know that many students in my school that actully care about this.

I have never met anybody that lived in Buffalo.
How hard was it to live through the four straight Super bowl losses?

I had to ask... always interested. Strange, I know.

chosendudenyc · 03-10-08, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitten_130

Recently there was an article in N.Y times that said that the board of education was plannaning on making boys and girls learn in different classroom. This is based on a scienfic research and the fact that a girls brain develops earlier than a boys, they even though of making boys star at 6 years of age instead of 5. Do you think that this will actully help academics go up?

The Board of Education in NYC, is poorly run with political agendas as primaries and not the equality of education within. The city teachers are under paid with the require educational requirements being unfortunately lessen each school year.

Given, the large number of very over-crowded schools in the city, I cannot see this being finalized. Please show me a link to this NY Times article, because this cannot be the truth; or your thread.

mikhail · 03-10-08, 04:52 PM

I hate this crap about "gifted" children with the numbers involved you have to generalise and age is the best way to do so.Ideally you would have each child taught individually in a style that best suited them.

Bodhisattva · 03-11-08, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mikhail

I hate this crap about "gifted" children with the numbers involved you have to generalise and age is the best way to do so.Ideally you would have each child taught individually in a style that best suited them.

They try... it is "differentiation", but it is difficult with such large class sizes.

Kitten_130 · 03-12-08, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by chosendudenyc

The Board of Education in NYC, is poorly run with political agendas as primaries and not the equality of education within. The city teachers are under paid with the require educational requirements being unfortunately lessen each school year.

Given, the large number of very over-crowded schools in the city, I cannot see this being finalized. Please show me a link to this NY Times article, because this cannot be the truth; or your thread.

I would be glad to link you to the article but it was actully on the magazine i tried looking it up in the website but i did not find it sorry. Some schools in the u.s have already tried this but it's optional though.

Kitten_130 · 03-12-08, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

I have never met anybody that lived in Buffalo.
How hard was it to live through the four straight Super bowl losses?

I had to ask... always interested. Strange, I know.

everyone was so sad about it. the teachers could not get them to stop complanning it was a bit funny ^-^ though

Bodhisattva · 03-17-08, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitten_130

everyone was so sad about it. the teachers could not get them to stop complanning it was a bit funny ^-^ though

That is funny AND sad!
I am sure that so many people were devasted... were you?
Probably not, but it begs the question... what percentage of a city population really care about the sports team?

Goldenboy219 · 03-20-08, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

I agree. I did the same. Floundered a bit after getting my four-year. Bartending. Great money. Surfing...etc. Then I met my old lady and realized that this was not going to cut it. Got a better job. went back to school for higher education and the rest is history! Tough work. Kids and wife and work AND schooling! Talk about figuring out what motivation is all about.

Getting a job, especially a professional one, is an education all of its own.

I always tell people that more is better at a younger age. More options that is, and a better education allows just that... more options. Interest is not even that important. I degree in something you hate is better than no degree at all.

I disagree slightly, but only from another perspective.

There are only two things that keep anyone from doing anything. This could be school, sports, work, etc... Your either to stupid/unfit, or you just dont want to. Any success story you see has 1 thing in common, which is sacrifice. Even Lebron James sacrificed by becoming a workout machine in high school, or Rebecca Jarvis sacrificed by giving up a social life of that of her peers to finish school early.

The bottom line, if you want to excel in whatever your doing at the moment, the first step is shoveling ****, puttin' in your time, making your bones etc... Only the wealthy inherit wealth

Bodhisattva · 03-20-08, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Goldenboy219

I disagree slightly, but only from another perspective.

There are only two things that keep anyone from doing anything. This could be school, sports, work, etc... Your either to stupid/unfit, or you just dont want to. Any success story you see has 1 thing in common, which is sacrifice. Even Lebron James sacrificed by becoming a workout machine in high school, or Rebecca Jarvis sacrificed by giving up a social life of that of her peers to finish school early.

The bottom line, if you want to excel in whatever your doing at the moment, the first step is shoveling ****, puttin' in your time, making your bones etc... Only the wealthy inherit wealth

I think that your ideas compliment mine... or add to them, they balance out the overall picture nicely.

I agree with you.

MOTIVATION.

If a person is not motivated, they will not do it.
If a person does not do it, they do not move forward.
When I was a teacher, this was one of the biggest obstacles...

Mach · 03-21-08, 01:47 PM

The problem with this is similar to the "eugenics debate".

Once you beging legislating differences on broad physiological differences like learning capability, you create a class system. We don't have them because they are counter-productive in the long run, and contrary to the acceptance of free and open marketplace.

And everyone knows men progress slower because they have that brain-drain down below. It takes a lot of bandwidth to accomodate its needs.

-Mach