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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:50:03 GMT
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John Cromer wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> [SNIP]
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> > Again, I think this is just a way to get around the recent court rulings
> > about affirmative action, that is targeted to Hispanics and African
> > Americans. Which is both racist, and demeaning to minorities. They
> > should be encouraged to do well in school, and study for the tests, and
> > try to aim for the top, rather than going around the issues, and using
> > tests like this, with other people, to try to get them in. I hope the
> > court rules these out as well.
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> Once again, Limbaugh shows his vast ignorance.
Or you are showing yours, but I digress...
> These kinds of tests are routinely used by management consulting
> firms to test employees to see how well they fit into an
> organization.
Yes, but what does that have to do with admitting minorities into a
college? Business and college are very different.
> I've seen them given using LEGO and K'NEX. Usually a model or
> a diagram is shown to a group of 4-6 people. They are then given
> a pile of parts and told to go to work.
Yes, see above..
> It quickly becomes evident who has the leadership skills, who
> can puzzle out the difficult details and subtle mechanisms,
> who can spot repetitive patterns and organize the group such
> that those patterns are created most effeciently, and, after the
> model is ready for test, who is best at troubleshooting it.
Yes, work again...
> It's an interesting and worthwhile approach and a good antidote
> to that SAT crap (which, btw, I did pretty well on).
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> Of course, college isn't much like work and vice versa anyway....
My point exactly. Thank you!
Scott S.
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: [SNIP] (...) Once again, Limbaugh shows his vast ignorance. These kinds of tests are routinely used by management consulting firms to test employees to see how well they fit into an (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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