Re: Racial Differences in Intelligence

From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:12:39 -0500

P.Comm wrote:
> "Wolf Kirchmeir" <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:BQsJd.476$mA5.192812@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>>P.Comm wrote:
>>[...]
>>
>>>?? Test = exam! They meant the same thing here.
>>
>>Test: instrument for finding out some narrowly defined fact about the
>>student (eg, did (s)he read the story assigned for homework?
>
>
> As I said, that was as-given, the students DID know the material, either
> from reading it aloud taking turns in the class, or having it read to them.
> Only very short stories were even expected to read at home. I'm talking
> about children - in grammar school! Maybe you don't realize how MUCH
> homework we had back then. From second grade (7 year old kids) onward, you
> needed a briefcase to carry the books home every school day. Reading a
> story takes TIME - time that kids just didn ot have back then.
>
> Can (s)he
>
>>do 3 digit multiplications w/o pencil and paper?
>
>
> ??? Like 246 X 381? You gotta be kidding! No pencil and paper? I can't
> even do that and I aced math/arithmetic/geometry.

There's a trick to doing it. I was taught it. But I've forgotten it. :-)

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