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In a message dated 5/22/2003 2:34:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

> AND I think labelling someone "gifted at math" commits them to a lifetime
> of
> mathematical excellence and showmanship. Maybe they discover some patterns
> and are quick and remember numbers (I'm thinking of Holly) but will tire it
> and
> not give a rat's patoot, or puberty will come and distract them or uncover a
>
> whole NEW gift they didn't have as a littler kid.
>

My son's best friend has always been a "math kid," pressured to do the Math
Olympics in school, etc. Always loved math, it seemed.

Then this year he went to a Sudbury model school, and has done NO math at
all. I think they killed his passion for it, at least for a while.

Kathryn


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