Posted by AuntieMel on March 24, 2006, at 9:04:59
In reply to Re: Subject close to my heart, posted by special_k on March 23, 2006, at 15:16:56
"i personally think that when you consider the population as a whole... that kind of testing harms more than it helps.
i think it would have a better use as a dx tool for people coming up low...
so that they have more resources thrown at them..."
Well, consider this. Assuming, of course, that a school is silly enough to *only* consider an IQ test for kid grouping.
Those that "come up low" could have *different* resourses thrown at them. If they are different then there wouldn't have to be more of them.
And those who come up high would also have resourses geared towards them.
Then those in the middle? They wouldn't always have to struggle to compete with those who will always do better.
And they wouldn't have to lag behind because they are waiting for those who are slower.
Every child deserves to be in the best group for that child. And every child will do better if he is in the best group for him.
They separate the best from the not so great already in music (different band and orchestra levels according to talent) and for athletics (the best get on the best teams) so why not do it for brains, too?
Kids get picked on just as much for being too smart as they do for - well, not being so smart.
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But again = my premise here was that a school was silly enough to go by one test. I think that is wrong, too. Many very, very intelligent people don't test well. If a person who doesn't score high is motivated enough to work extra hard to keep up he should be allowed to go to the higher class. And if a person who does score well is lazy he should go down to the middle classroom.
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