Re: Gifted math student

In article <4438e1bf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dave (from the UK) <Apr-2006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Timothy Clemans wrote:

Have you considered homeschooling him?


If you are thinking of withdrawing him from school completely and having all
lessons at home, my thoughts are that creates more problems than it solves.

There was a case in England about 10 years ago when a young girl, who I think
was 8 at the time, wanted to do maths at Cambridge. But they turned her down,
despite the academic qualifications were as good as they would expect of anyone
entering as ungrad. I think another uni took her. I can't find a reference to
this on the web, so perhaps someone else recalls the details better.

I can't help feeling sorry for someone like that.

Whilst I realise the original poster was not intending this course of action,
children need to grow up and experience life for themselves and perhaps too much
encouragement (pushing?) is a bad thing.


It is NOT pushing; it is allowing them to go at their
own pace.

As for experiencing life, they are NOT like others
mentally, they are likely not to see things the way
most others see them, and they need to get used to
this when they have achieved basic understanding.

Anyone who keeps children with their age group must
be considered an enemy of education. Marvin Mirsky,
in one of his columns, claimed that it is bad socially
to keep children with their age group, regardless of
the educational aspects.
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