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Re:Exceptionally gifted children: long-term outcomes of acce... by TheBobinator on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:17PM (#22917699)
There was a long interview on youtube from John Taylor Gatto I listened to once where he said essentially creativity must be constrained for society to be stable. Your anecdote reminds me of this. Teachers focusing on test scroes is a great way for this to happen. I'd mod this comment up it I could.
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Re:Exceptionally gifted children: long-term outcomes of acce... by Xelbair on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:27AM (#22953618)
It was worse than just focusing on test scores.

It was actively hammering me down to average level as that was easier for her to work with.

I had misforntne to meet her later on in middle school - as she was chemistry, not math, teacher by education. Whole class had failing or almost failing grade with her.

We got better teacher next year who managed to teach us 2 years of chemistry in half a year while also following normal curriculum .. and most of the class actually understood it and had fun with it.

I seriously wonder how many children have been permanently hurt by someone so inept, but well - she was a product of her times(communist occupation).

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