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Why Gifted Students Still Hate School, Part II « Lorem Ipsum

By adso 239 days ago from http://adsoofmelk.wordpress.com

Why do gifted students hate school? Maybe because teachers come from the lowest-performing group of students in college -- and from there, it gets even worse. Colleges of education insist on mediocrity, and if there's one thing that gifted students aren't, it's mediocre. Here's a sample:

"When I was going to the Coll

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Why Gifted Students Hate School, Part Three « Lorem Ipsum

By adso 233 days ago from http://adsoofmelk.wordpress.com

I’m going to come out and say what someone should’ve come right out and admitted a long time ago: Lots of teachers just plain hate gifted kids.

I’ve been reading The Fountainhead lately. Lest anyone think this is the moment when I whip off all disguises and reveal myself as Adso the Objectivist, Closet Alan Greenspan Fan, t

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