OT: US Education, was Wizard education

[brooksindy]

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From: brooksindy
Subject: OT: US Education, was Wizard education
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7194] Re: Wizard education of standard subject
Date: 8/18/00 4:13 pm  (ET)

Selah wrote:

>Vicki....Please, stop underestimating American >children. The average
American 11 year old is >just like any
>other 11 year old--he or she lives up to *our* >expectations. We must
make them aim high. The
>children will do the rest.

Both Vicki's and my perceptions are colored by having grown up in
states with some of the lowest per-student expenditures and scores on
standardized tests (Indiana and Kentucky). Maybe that is an example
of adults' expectations being too high, instead of too low - as if we
expect the kids to be capable of overcoming the difficulties regardless.