Re: No Genius Left Behind

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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> Herman Rubin wrote:
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> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > raina120 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > >> No Child Left Behind - You give all the kiddees a standardized test
> > >>                        and single out all the LOOZerz for special
> > >>                        funding and treatment....
> > >>                                       (flushing money down the toilet)
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> > >> I think we need a NGLB program:
> > >> No Genius Left Behind - You give all the kidees a standardized test
> > >>                         and single out all the *Winners* for for
> > >>                         specialized funding and treatment.
> > >>                                      (get serious return for the money)
> >
> > >> Bob says the Constitution requires equal treatment under the law.
> > >> If the NCLB qualifies as "equal treatment" then so does the NGLB.
> > >> WTF is the difference?
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> > >I am not certain if you are being serious or not, but I will answer you just
> > >the same. It is because our government, legal system and society is based on
> > >favors punative action over any type of reward system.
> >
> > >Bush's NCLB leaves all children in this country behind. To pass this kind of
> > >legislation without any additional funding is absurd. But, what can we
> > >really expect from a war-time republican president?
> >
> > We do not need additional funding.  We just need to let
> > the bright, and especially the geniuses, have access to
> > real educational materials, and a little guidance.  To
> > the extent that they need classwork, they can attend
> > classes well above those of the typical student...
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> I was thinking in terms of:
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>   (1) Making sure they have all the stuff they need to progress
>       on their own (lab equip, oscilloscopes, software, telescopes,
>       materials, supplies, misc facilities, whateverthehell they want)
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>   (2) Top-notch professors (of whatever) to talk/consult with whenever.
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>   (3) Access to business, world-class field trips, foreign travel,
>       the whole nine-yards of exposure to creative culture/influences.
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> Spare no expense.  It will payoff. This kind of program will get the
> most of your IQ-160+ intellectual raw material.  Not like all the
> money flushed down IQ-75 NCLB SpecialEd Ratholez, with little
> in return..

I'm glad to know you know NCLB is a bazillion dollar fiasco. It
was impossible to tell from your original post because the "LOOzers"
(sic) don't get extra funding as a result of NCLB. They get less.
And all schools will eventually fall into the LOOzer category (all)
as the bill is currently written.