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March 31, 2011 at 11:39 AM #682228March 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM #683348
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ParticipantThe child is a genius! Put him in private school where he will be taught to his level, not the lowest common denominator. The problem= the unions!
March 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM #682179ParticipantThe child is a genius! Put him in private school where he will be taught to his level, not the lowest common denominator. The problem= the unions!
March 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM #682993ParticipantThe child is a genius! Put him in private school where he will be taught to his level, not the lowest common denominator. The problem= the unions!
March 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM #682233ParticipantThe child is a genius! Put him in private school where he will be taught to his level, not the lowest common denominator. The problem= the unions!
March 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM #682854ParticipantThe child is a genius! Put him in private school where he will be taught to his level, not the lowest common denominator. The problem= the unions!
March 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM #683373Ren
Participant[quote=UCGal]AWESOME! Seriously![/quote]
I know! 🙂 But really, they are just sponges at this age, and it should be criminal for parents to not take advantage of it. At age 2 his attention span was far too short to get him to grasp the difference between left and right, but yesterday I spent a few minutes showing him, and he remembered it hours later. I don’t think he’s some kind of hypergenius, it just takes a little repetition, maybe more than some parents have the patience for.
March 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM #682879Participant[quote=UCGal]AWESOME! Seriously![/quote]
I know! 🙂 But really, they are just sponges at this age, and it should be criminal for parents to not take advantage of it. At age 2 his attention span was far too short to get him to grasp the difference between left and right, but yesterday I spent a few minutes showing him, and he remembered it hours later. I don’t think he’s some kind of hypergenius, it just takes a little repetition, maybe more than some parents have the patience for.
March 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM #683019Participant[quote=UCGal]AWESOME! Seriously![/quote]
I know! 🙂 But really, they are just sponges at this age, and it should be criminal for parents to not take advantage of it. At age 2 his attention span was far too short to get him to grasp the difference between left and right, but yesterday I spent a few minutes showing him, and he remembered it hours later. I don’t think he’s some kind of hypergenius, it just takes a little repetition, maybe more than some parents have the patience for.
March 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM #682258Participant[quote=UCGal]AWESOME! Seriously![/quote]
I know! 🙂 But really, they are just sponges at this age, and it should be criminal for parents to not take advantage of it. At age 2 his attention span was far too short to get him to grasp the difference between left and right, but yesterday I spent a few minutes showing him, and he remembered it hours later. I don’t think he’s some kind of hypergenius, it just takes a little repetition, maybe more than some parents have the patience for.
March 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM #682204Participant[quote=UCGal]AWESOME! Seriously![/quote]
I know! 🙂 But really, they are just sponges at this age, and it should be criminal for parents to not take advantage of it. At age 2 his attention span was far too short to get him to grasp the difference between left and right, but yesterday I spent a few minutes showing him, and he remembered it hours later. I don’t think he’s some kind of hypergenius, it just takes a little repetition, maybe more than some parents have the patience for.
March 31, 2011 at 12:49 PM #682914briansd1
Guest[quote=AN]Interesting article. I can totally see teachers trying to cheat to get a bonus. But that to me is not a knock on the standardize test as much as some teachers/people willing to do anything for a few grand. [/quote]
Just like in the mortgage business, incentives matter. Mortgage brokers would falsify loan applications to get the loans funded. And borrower would lie to buy houses so they can flip.
You need to compete with your peers and will do anything to make it work.
I have a friend who’s a professor at National University of Singapore (got PhD at UCSD). He tells me that his American exchange students are slackers compared to local students. But he will grade them generously 1) to keep the exchange students coming back, 2) to keep the grades high. There’s an unspoken policy at NUS to compete with top American universities. So they have to be conscious of the grades of their students being up to par in international rankings.
March 31, 2011 at 12:49 PM #682239Guest[quote=AN]Interesting article. I can totally see teachers trying to cheat to get a bonus. But that to me is not a knock on the standardize test as much as some teachers/people willing to do anything for a few grand. [/quote]
Just like in the mortgage business, incentives matter. Mortgage brokers would falsify loan applications to get the loans funded. And borrower would lie to buy houses so they can flip.
You need to compete with your peers and will do anything to make it work.
I have a friend who’s a professor at National University of Singapore (got PhD at UCSD). He tells me that his American exchange students are slackers compared to local students. But he will grade them generously 1) to keep the exchange students coming back, 2) to keep the grades high. There’s an unspoken policy at NUS to compete with top American universities. So they have to be conscious of the grades of their students being up to par in international rankings.
March 31, 2011 at 12:49 PM #683055Guest[quote=AN]Interesting article. I can totally see teachers trying to cheat to get a bonus. But that to me is not a knock on the standardize test as much as some teachers/people willing to do anything for a few grand. [/quote]
Just like in the mortgage business, incentives matter. Mortgage brokers would falsify loan applications to get the loans funded. And borrower would lie to buy houses so they can flip.
You need to compete with your peers and will do anything to make it work.
I have a friend who’s a professor at National University of Singapore (got PhD at UCSD). He tells me that his American exchange students are slackers compared to local students. But he will grade them generously 1) to keep the exchange students coming back, 2) to keep the grades high. There’s an unspoken policy at NUS to compete with top American universities. So they have to be conscious of the grades of their students being up to par in international rankings.
March 31, 2011 at 12:49 PM #682293Guest[quote=AN]Interesting article. I can totally see teachers trying to cheat to get a bonus. But that to me is not a knock on the standardize test as much as some teachers/people willing to do anything for a few grand. [/quote]
Just like in the mortgage business, incentives matter. Mortgage brokers would falsify loan applications to get the loans funded. And borrower would lie to buy houses so they can flip.
You need to compete with your peers and will do anything to make it work.
I have a friend who’s a professor at National University of Singapore (got PhD at UCSD). He tells me that his American exchange students are slackers compared to local students. But he will grade them generously 1) to keep the exchange students coming back, 2) to keep the grades high. There’s an unspoken policy at NUS to compete with top American universities. So they have to be conscious of the grades of their students being up to par in international rankings.
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