How fast should you accelerate your kid in math?

Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by spicebox on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:59PM (#36926989)

The idea that we have to choose between helping struggler or gifted students is a false dilemma. Instead we should be asking why we aren’t allocating enough resources to education.

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by em-bee on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:26AM (#36927796)

well, yes, obviously, but that is not in the power of those who have to make due with the resources currently available.

of course we should put more resources into education. worldwide, education is the primary tool to improve everyones life. and with that i don't mean just science and general knowledge, but also moral education that teaches us how to care for each other and for the world.

we need to learn not only how to make the world a better place, but also why. and we need to understand that it takes the contribution of everyone to achieve that. not just the gifted ones, which is why i believe that helping strugglers is more important right now, in order to reach a critical mass of people that understand this and sway public opinion towards more resouces in education, at which point we will be able to help everyone, gifted or not, to develop their full potential

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by bugglebeetle on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:58AM (#36928292)

Because, like almost everything else in the US, we treat students according to their class position.

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by lelanthran on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:08AM (#36929620)

It doesn't matter how much you put into education, the lions share is always going to go the the strugglers.

Note that I'm making no comment on whether I think this is fair or not.

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