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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 22:33:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rich Manzo writes:
a Lego robot is not the solution. That just harms the more academically
intellgent people.

What exactly is an "academically intelligent" person?  Is that
a person that just knows how to get good grades? I remember
many excellent students that were not so intelligent.  Especially in
High School, where there was a much more direct correlation to
one's parent's social class and grades than between intelligence and grades.
Fortunately that tended to change in College, but there is still a long
way to go.

KL



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  Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
 
(...) What I ment by "academicallly intelligent" person was somebody who excels in the traditional areas of academics, reading, writing, history etc. Not someone who can make the best duplicate of a Lego robot. -Rich (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) conservative (...) _not_ (...) Conservative-1, Tending to conserve 2, Tending to preserve established institutions: opposed to change. This is the definition of the word "conservative" that is given in the Websters New World Dictionary. I am a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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