[stylist] public and private schools--intelligence testing

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

Intelligence testing was frequently abused then Lori.  many  school 
and psych professionals didn't have an appropriate idea of what they 
were testing or how to apply it.  back then, they thought there was 
total overlap between "intelligence" and "the capacity to succeed in 
school."  only in the 70's came a realization that some people had 
high intelligence but couldn't function in standard classrooms.
even today, "intelligence" is a rather vague term and psychologists 
rarely use it as such, preferring to be more specific with "verbal 
intelligence," "motor-spacial intelligence" etc.

personally I think the greatest difference between  public and 
private schools is the disciplin.  too often, kids who don't care 
about their studies are in classes with studious kids, disrupting the 
entire class.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS


At 06:28 PM 1/5/2009, you wrote:
>you must not be from New York.
>The private school I went to was in Baltimore.   After we moved to New York I
>was shifted to public school because no scholarships were available for the
>private schools there.   Our public school class had between thirty 
>and thirty
>five students.   It was the opinion of the teacher and other students that i
>was retarded until my intelligence tests came back.   I was a bit 
>confused, and
>not at the same place mathematically (the public school had learned rote
>multiplication, and I had not.), and a year younger than my 
>classmates because I
>skipped a half year of kindergarten, but not retarded.   I was accused by
>fellow students of cheating on the intelligence tests, which was 
>ridiculous, since
>if my grade was higher than theirs, I definitely hadn't been copying their
>papers.
>School was not much fun for me.   I am largely self educated, despite my BA
>and various grad credits.
>Lori
>
>In a message dated 1/5/09 2:57:22 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:
>
>
> > I went to a small public high school. There was plenty of time for one-on
> > interaction with teachers because teacher-student ratio was relatively low.
> >
> >
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