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Failing Our Geniuses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the harrison-bergeron dept.

saintlupus writes "Time has an interesting article about the failure of the US educational system to properly deal with gifted students. For example, up to ten times as much money is spent nationwide on educating 'developmentally disabled' students as gifted ones. Does No Child Left Behind mean that nobody can get ahead, either?"

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  1. as a genius... by bit+trollent · · Score: 3, Funny

    I feel like the education system totally failed me.

    Err actually I went to a gifted & talented middle school (100 smartest kids in Houston). Then I went to a private Jesuit high school. Then I went to a relatively small public college in Dallas.

    And now I make fat cash. I guess I really don't have anything to complain about.

  2. Fail! by uberjoe · · Score: 4, Funny
    Failing our Geniuses?

    Well my school sure failed me!

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  3. New slashdot pole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "No Child Left Behind" slogan alternates:

    The Weakest Link
    --I'm Wit' Stupid
    Overlord Welcome Wagon
    It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
    Bong Hits 4Cowboy Neal

  4. Re:To flesh that out some by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the proper quote here is from Caddyshack:
    Judge Smails: Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.

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  5. Do you also own a cat with a diamond collar? by CFD339 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm just curious here, because it sounds like the next thing you'll be talking about is your superweapon and plan to repopulate the earth with your lycra jumpsuit clad workers if only you can stop that meddlesome Mr. Bond....

    Seriously though -- I'm sure half the people reading this on /. found school similarly boring. Nonetheless, you are here as a result of your education and your own additional work. No point still being bitter, yes?

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    1. Re:Do you also own a cat with a diamond collar? by Bob+Gelumph · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's the definition of genius today, anyway?
      I remember something like it used to be based on an IQ 160 or higher, but does it have anything to do with actual achievement, or just potential?

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    2. Re:Do you also own a cat with a diamond collar? by 0kComputer · · Score: 1, Funny

      For instance when I took the SAT the only reason that I scored in the 90th percentile and not the the 98th percentile was because I was stoned out of my mind on Vicatin from damn near cutting my thumb off in a tablesaw two days before I took it. I did visit one of my teachers from back then (chemistry) and she told me that she has yet to have a class that was as fun as the one my friend and I were in.

      Dude, its spelled Vicodin , if you're going to proclaim yourself a "genius", you should at least attempt to spell your words right. Reminds me of that school for the gifted far side comic.

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  6. Re:To flesh that out some by ResidntGeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    The thing about it is, I learned those things too. I learned stuff like respect, politeness, and how to interact with people like equals. That took, what, two weeks? Not four years. School is a waste of time, and the fact remains that while I'd never say it out loud, the people around me _were_ violent stupid monkeys.

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  7. Re:of course by geobeck · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...such a fowled up system...

    What about English classes?

    I think he means the school was overrun by chickens.

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