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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:12:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rich Manzo writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kevin Loch writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rich Manzo writes:
> > > a Lego robot is not the solution. That just harms the more academically
> > > intellgent people.
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> > What exactly is an "academically intelligent" person?
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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.
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
solely reliant on "academic inteligence", because the best person to fill a
spot may _not_ be the person who scores 90% on every test, but it may be the
person who scores 60% on every test, and keeps at it.
We are eliminating a large pool of talent, and I think that it is a crying
shame. I also feel that (esp. in the US, but here in Canada too...)
the almighty $ is starting to drive a large portion of people away from
education, when they should be getting it.
James Powell
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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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