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To: TobagoJack who wrote (17755)4/26/2007 2:42:10 PM
From: Canuck Dave  Read Replies (2) of 218742
 
Kee-rist, what a difference in those two questions!

There was an article in the NY Times magazine a couple of weeks ago that Chinese educators are worried they're producing a bunch of stressed out, test-acing automatons who won't have the skills necessary to compete in the global work place. That prism problem sure fits the model.

A pre-kindergarten test? Now, that's putting the "Garden" in kindergarten. Think about it, Jay. You really want your daughter to grow up with those kinds of expectations? Starting before age three?

I tell everybody I got where I am because I'm lazy; always looking for the easy way out... and finding it. Certainly, the I Ching told me how to trade the markets. "To understand the world, one must stand outside it.", to which I replied "No problem, dude!".

That prism problem is doable, but you need to think about it for a few minutes and let it roll over you. It's a stinker. And what if there was time pressure to get onto the NEXT problem. No time to ponder the prism, as it were. God, I sympathise.

I love having the time to consider the most picky of things (like Least Action principles, LOL). Time isn't money, it's choice. Give the kids real choices. Let them decide the paths they want to go down. Not worry about the next hurdle to pass over.

CD
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