Indeed. Or, as Moms Mabley said "the good old days, I was there, were was they?"
OTOH, I have read that much of the idea of Einstein's poor grades in school comes from a misunderstanding of the grading system in the schools of the time. Peter >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/26/2004 8:47:16 AM >>> Einstein was considered slow at math also, which leads me to suspect that math education may have been (almost!) as poor then as now. Cheers, Jay Peter Flom wrote: >I think the real problem is that, with gifted kids as with any other >type of kids, one size does NOT fit all. Some gifted kids do great with >very rigorous programs. Some do terrible. Some are some combination >(John Stuart Mill had a nervous breakdown in his teens after a VERY fast >track education, but he recovered). Einstein went through what was then >a normal education, although he hated it, froma ll accounts, and he did >OK I have also seen very gifted kids who burn out. > >Peter > > > >Peter L. Flom, PhD >Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core >Center for Drug Use and HIV Research >National Development and Research Institutes >71 W. 23rd St >www.peterflom.com >New York, NY 10010 >(212) 845-4485 (voice) >(917) 438-0894 (fax) > > -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262) 681-1133 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
