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• • 06 Feb 07
  • 8:30 pm

  In response to a comment about schooling in other countries, my children began school abroad (k - 3) in Mali and Botswana. They got off to a much better start than their classmates in Texas where they finished their secondary school education. I can remember my younger son complaining that they were still introducing math concepts in sixth grade that he had already mastered in 1st grade in Botswana. It is noteworthy that none of the students on his Math Counts team in Texas had gotten their early training in math in the Texas school system. Furthermore, when both of them …

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• • 08 Feb 07
  • 8:42 pm

  While Redhorse may have been a bit crude in his comments, he identified the problem. BM has demonstrated that he has no idea of how education occurs. Systems that do not allow student questions and comments have failed miserably, and for many reasons. Probably the most important is that without questions from the students, the teacher has no idea at all whether or not s/he is actually teaching or merely flapping his/her gums. Then again, questions from the students help them learn by dealing with the misunderstandings that may have occurred. It also keeps the students interested in their education and …

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