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.


They do not necessarily need to experience life as those
who run the public schools thing they should.

It is not a matter of pushing, but of not holding back.
There is no advantage in being prevented from learning at a
higher pace, or in a different order than those who do not
understand seem to think.
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