tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post2217828837822575483..comments2024-03-24T22:24:11.549-07:00Comments on Rice Daddies: Tales of the 2nd Grade NothingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-50638592010249567952009-03-08T20:14:00.000-07:002009-03-08T20:14:00.000-07:00Hi "thisislarry":Thank you for all the comments. I...Hi "thisislarry":<BR/><BR/>Thank you for all the comments. I appreciate the feedback.<BR/><BR/>I still don't agree that in 2nd grade it is possible to determine whether or not someone will attend a "good college." There is too much that can happen cognitively, physically, financially, and experience wise.<BR/><BR/>With regard to data being a truth. Have to disagree about that too. If you polled Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-59358463794395923912009-03-06T15:55:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:55:00.000-08:00V, its me again, you gotta see Dalton Sherman:http...V, its me again, you gotta see Dalton Sherman:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMLOnSNwzA&feature=related<BR/><BR/>inspirational! A friend tells me:<BR/><BR/>"I saw this kid on Oprah (yes, I watch Oprah sometimes). Quick back story on him: Dalton was a very vocal kid and often got in trouble at school for talking too much in class. One of his teachers decided to harness his thisislarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157349911656341561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-5481153654745774742009-03-06T00:09:00.000-08:002009-03-06T00:09:00.000-08:00Vincent, I actually just finished reading "Disrupt...Vincent, I actually just finished reading "Disrupting Class" on the plane ride home yesterday, by Clayton Christensen, who wrote "The Innovator's Dilemma".<BR/><BR/>I'd recommend it as a different perspective of the state of the education system and what could be emerging to change it.thisislarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157349911656341561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-14616400237122266222009-03-04T19:19:00.000-08:002009-03-04T19:19:00.000-08:00Not taking any chances with my son and leaving it ...Not taking any chances with my son and leaving it to the public education system to determine his path to educational achievement and thereby, success in life. We chose the best sperm and egg money could buy and used IVF to create him, despite being Ivy-educated lawyers. Once he was implanted we bombarded him with as much stimulation as we could. Now that he's emerged, we continue to do the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-43137142361178294242009-03-02T20:45:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:45:00.000-08:00hmmm, I remember reading somewhere that the greate...hmmm, I remember reading somewhere that the greatest predictor of collegeness was your parents' education. in that respect, you could give a kid odds the second they were born.<BR/><BR/>I think Duncan's comments (as I'm reading them in an article in the NYT) were meant to say that at the 2nd grade, you should be able to see whether the kids are on the right track or not to be college-bound. Andthisislarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157349911656341561noreply@blogger.com