Marilyn Vos Savant
Tanya Barrera
Hi,
Out from lurking. I got this on another list.
Tanya
From another list:
Marilyn Vos Savant, who Guiness Book of World Records lists as having the
highest IQ of any living person, has a column that appears in Parade, a
weekly supplement that appears in many newspapers nationwide. In the latest
issue, the following question about home school was asked by a reader of her
column:
Reader: My husband and I are thinking of home-schooling. Do you recommend
it?
Marilyn: I believe that traditional homeschooling (one parent stays home to
teach all children in the family up through the high school years) can be a
fine alternative to an unacceptable public school, but I would not recommend
it broadly unless most schools were inadequate and most parents could teach
everything from literature to physics. And I don't believe that either is
true
If home-schooling were institutionalized, half of the youthful potential of
Americans would go unfulfilled. Say that a bright young parent sacrifices a
rewarding career to stay home and teach the children. When those children
grow up, would half of them (one parent from each married couple) also
sacrifice their potential to stay home and teach their own children? If so,
then much of the result of home- schooling would be the creation of more
home-schooling parents for the next generation, and so on.
Maybe home-schoolers can justify this loss. If so, please write. I believe
that home-schooling is a noble experiment done for the right reasons, and I
hope to hear why it may prove to be a success.
To write Marilyn please use the following address:
Ask Marilyn Parade Magazine
711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
Or e-mail her at: marilyn@...
Out from lurking. I got this on another list.
Tanya
From another list:
Marilyn Vos Savant, who Guiness Book of World Records lists as having the
highest IQ of any living person, has a column that appears in Parade, a
weekly supplement that appears in many newspapers nationwide. In the latest
issue, the following question about home school was asked by a reader of her
column:
Reader: My husband and I are thinking of home-schooling. Do you recommend
it?
Marilyn: I believe that traditional homeschooling (one parent stays home to
teach all children in the family up through the high school years) can be a
fine alternative to an unacceptable public school, but I would not recommend
it broadly unless most schools were inadequate and most parents could teach
everything from literature to physics. And I don't believe that either is
true
If home-schooling were institutionalized, half of the youthful potential of
Americans would go unfulfilled. Say that a bright young parent sacrifices a
rewarding career to stay home and teach the children. When those children
grow up, would half of them (one parent from each married couple) also
sacrifice their potential to stay home and teach their own children? If so,
then much of the result of home- schooling would be the creation of more
home-schooling parents for the next generation, and so on.
Maybe home-schoolers can justify this loss. If so, please write. I believe
that home-schooling is a noble experiment done for the right reasons, and I
hope to hear why it may prove to be a success.
To write Marilyn please use the following address:
Ask Marilyn Parade Magazine
711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
Or e-mail her at: marilyn@...
[email protected]
Sorry, but I think she's an idiot (idiot savant? <beg>)
She is asked (or prints) alot of questions that have nothing to do with a
high IQ. Lots of emotional type answers required. I personally think she has
no common sense.
Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
-----Original Message-----
From: Tanya Barrera <tanyab2@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:21 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Marilyn Vos Savant
She is asked (or prints) alot of questions that have nothing to do with a
high IQ. Lots of emotional type answers required. I personally think she has
no common sense.
Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
-----Original Message-----
From: Tanya Barrera <tanyab2@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:21 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Marilyn Vos Savant
>Hi,her
> Out from lurking. I got this on another list.
>
>Tanya
>
>>From another list:
>
>Marilyn Vos Savant, who Guiness Book of World Records lists as having the
>highest IQ of any living person, has a column that appears in Parade, a
>weekly supplement that appears in many newspapers nationwide. In the latest
>issue, the following question about home school was asked by a reader of
>column:to
>
>Reader: My husband and I are thinking of home-schooling. Do you recommend
>it?
>
>Marilyn: I believe that traditional homeschooling (one parent stays home
>teach all children in the family up through the high school years) can be arecommend
>fine alternative to an unacceptable public school, but I would not
>it broadly unless most schools were inadequate and most parents could teach
>everything from literature to physics. And I don't believe that either is
>true
>
>If home-schooling were institutionalized, half of the youthful potential of
>Americans would go unfulfilled. Say that a bright young parent sacrifices a
>rewarding career to stay home and teach the children. When those children
>grow up, would half of them (one parent from each married couple) also
>sacrifice their potential to stay home and teach their own children? If so,
>then much of the result of home- schooling would be the creation of more
>home-schooling parents for the next generation, and so on.
>
>Maybe home-schoolers can justify this loss. If so, please write. I believe
>that home-schooling is a noble experiment done for the right reasons, and I
>hope to hear why it may prove to be a success.
>
>
>To write Marilyn please use the following address:
>
>Ask Marilyn Parade Magazine
>711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
>
>Or e-mail her at: marilyn@...
>
>
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In a message dated 2/23/02 7:46:34 AM, ElissaJC@... writes:
<< She is asked (or prints) alot of questions that have nothing to do with a
high IQ. Lots of emotional type answers required. >>
I SO agree that just because she scores high on tests doesn't mean she's Ann
Landers (in any positive ways).
People should ask her about multiple intelligences, and how she does at
sports, music, dance, *interpersonal...*
<< She is asked (or prints) alot of questions that have nothing to do with a
high IQ. Lots of emotional type answers required. >>
I SO agree that just because she scores high on tests doesn't mean she's Ann
Landers (in any positive ways).
People should ask her about multiple intelligences, and how she does at
sports, music, dance, *interpersonal...*