Hi PK, thanks for link. I wish that logic were taught at grade school level, of all the subjects I have studied, it was the most helpful. I try to teach my own kids logic, and also kids I tutor in various programs. It is the queen of sciences, IMHO.
As the beneficiary of public education, I have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. I have two sons, aged 10 and 13, both of whom have been in special public GT programs since kindergarten, as mandated by federal government. Many times I humbly contemplate the fact that, while I believe in the free market solution, here in Fairfax County for the GT population private schools are not as good as the local public schools. I also know that those whose children don't test high envy the education my children get, and resent the fact that their children are excluded from enrichment programs. So, except for those in really elite private schools (Georgetown Prep, etc.) my kids and their classmates are the envy of the entire population, all of whom pay through the nose for a very good public school system, but don't necessarily get it. For example, Thomas Jefferson, the elite public highschool, has at least 50 National Merit Scholars every year. The closest competitor has 3.
It is not hard to have a consistent disinterested opinion, but when one's interests are involved, it is all too seductive to see things in a way that will benefit one's own interests, present company included.
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