 | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds" —Kevin Loch
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| | | (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds" —Rich Manzo
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| | | | (...) 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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| | | | | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds" —James Powell
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| | | | (...) And a "academically intelligent" person is always the best person to solve a problem? This is the thing, the collages have to look outside the box (outside the top 5-10-33% of students _by marks_ or _by SAT_ or by any other method that is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds" —Rich Manzo
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| | | | (...) someone (...) What I was stating in the initial message was that a Lego robot test would harm the acadamically intelligent student. And it would. As have stated before that does not mean that I am content with the current system. I admit that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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