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To: Les H who wrote (11180)	10/25/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 67261

Well my problem with public schools in the US is that I feel they spend too much time trying to bring the entire student body up to some moderate level in every subject. Example say you have a kid in public school that is a talented writer and stumbling in mathematics. My experience is, they will spend forever trying to bring this kid up to some standard in mathematics and do nothing with their aptitude in language. Private schools otoh, seem to encourage excellence in one subject, if a kid possesses a special talent, thats fine by them, they try to develop it. I am basing that on my experience with the curriclum of public v. private school. BTW I dont think a special SAT preparation course that a kid attends on Saturday can ever come close to the preparation for SATs that kids get in private schools. Were talking about 4 years of drilling of vocabulary in private school english vs. the public school requirement to read "Catcher in the Rye" or "Mme Bovary" and write a report on it. You are correct btw, if a kid takes an IQ test and the teachers find out he is below average they will do everything they can to get rid of that kid in the pvt school.