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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: 'Talented and Gifted' program - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 13-Feb-84 11:35:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 13 11:35:56 1984
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I, too, had the same sort of experience as A. W. Rogers (accused of
being disruptive because of a question beyond the teacher's
competence to answer).  My experience was slightly different:  I
pointed out, in a high school history class, that approximately 1/3
of the colonists (the loyalists) actively opposed the American
Revolution.  This angered my teacher (a member of the DAR) (How
could anyone deny American mythology?).  A happier solution occured
in my case, I was moved into a different history class.

This is not something that has happened only to Mr. Rogers and
myself.  Peter Ustinov, in his memoirs, says that he was asked in
school "Who is the greatest composer of all time?"  When he said
"Bach", he was told that he was wrong, the answer was Beethoven.
My father, when he was in school, was told about the Canadian
province of Saskatoon.  When a Canadian boy in his class said that
the province was Saskatchewan, and that Saskatoon was a city in it,
he was caned (this was in England) for impertinence.  Protestations
that the boy had been there and knew what he was talking about were
to no avail.

Many teachers become treatened by students who ask questions that
the teacher does not know or show that the student has a mind of
his/her own and does not agree with the teacher.  This is something
that all parents should watch out for.

				John Hobson
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Naperville, IL
				(312) 979-0193
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