[stylist] public and private schools--intelligence testing

[Angela fowler]

Right on, Jim. Especially in middle school, when kids are just thrown
together because they happen to be the same age the results can be very
problematic.  

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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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