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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 20:51:19 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
> < cross posted to off-topic-debate >
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> Rich,
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> Rich Manzo wrote:
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> > In lugnet.general, Chris Busse writes:
> > > In Colorado they are testing using a LEGO building contest for college
> > > admission:
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> > > http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0201c.htm
> > >
> > > Originally found on slashdot:
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> > > http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/01/1135226.shtml
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> > > Chris Busse
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> > Today on the Rush Limbaugh Program Rush was talking about the above issue.
> > Of corse Rush was disgusted that they were using Lego as a college entry exam.
> > Details about the exam- Students are given a box of Lego. Then they are shown
> > a Lego robot for 1 minute and they have to build the robot to the best of
> > their ability. Of corse Rush was disgusted that they were using Lego as a
> > college entry exam, as am I. but "LEGO is a tool for 4 year olds" I was
> > offended! :)
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> Hmm... Being a Rush fan and a definite AFOL, I can see the logic of his
> thinking. Testing people on the ability to build anything, regardless of
> how good they might be, is a strange way of testing anyone. If you
> noticed the CNN ( Communist News Network BTW IMO ) article:
Being a Rush anti-fan (I think he's a bleeding moron), I don't agree (not just because he's
Rush, but because he's WRONG). Using Lego in this way is an excellent test of spatial
skills, pinpointing people with the right skills for many engineering careers.
> Now, based on these statements of both CNN and the Denver Post, instead
> of testing everyone equally, based on test scores and their high school
> preformance,
Give...me...a...break. Standardized tests are ANYTHING but fair across the board. The
excuse of "they're all we've got" doesn't cut it, and these people are trying to actually DO
something about it.
> "initiative, leadership and an ability to work
> in groups ".
BULL. You obviously never took a class where teams were graded, not individuals.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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| Tom, (...) It might be, but doesn't have anything to do with testing people to get around affirmative action rulings. (...) So, giving an unfair advantage to people is being fair? (...) I took many classes over 5 years of going to college, Tom, and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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| (...) I'm not sure I agree with this. At least not the part about bleeding. For example, if there were a Satan, would he bleed? I don't think so. Rush is certainly moronic, though. In a good mood tonight because dubya got trounced in NH. Not that I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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