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[Karl Hess]

When the goal is universal education, it  has to be standardized so  
that the maximum number benefit at a cost that the population will  
bear.  Some of these kids couldn't learn in any school.  I used to   
tell parents - only half-joking - to send their kid to live on a ranch  
in Wyoming for 5 years.  Then he would be mature enough to do well in  
school.  It is illegal of course, and no one took me up on it.   
Holding immature boys back a year before starting kindergarten would  
make a big difference for the majority.  As you must know, males  
mature much later than  females.

Karl


On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:54 PM, LAURELCG at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/10/2009 3:42:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, khess at apk.net 
>  writes:
>   So genes for hyperactivity would possibly have been of survival  
> value.  Clearly they are not of value in a contemporary school.
>
> So why are the children considered the problem, not contemporary  
> schools.  Surely there's a better way to train our young people than  
> the deadly regimentation required there.  I say this as a retired  
> elementary teacher, with credentials in bilingual/bicultural and  
> learning handicapped education.  In 30 years of teaching, I only had  
> one student for whom ritalin was obviously beneficial.  I could tell  
> the moment I saw him whether or not he had taken his medication.  He  
> could make a valiant attempt to attend to class business, but just  
> couldn't seem to do so without the medicine.  (His father was an  
> imprisoned gang member, and his family situation was extremely  
> chaotic.  I've lost touch with him, but would be surprised if he  
> didn't follow his father to prison.  I don't think the ritalin had  
> any long-term benefit, but I was happy he had it in the classroom,  
> for his sake, my sake, and the sake of the other students.)
>
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