On a related note, there is an interesting article in the August 27th 2007 issue of Time magazine by John Cloud, entitled \u201cAre We Failing Our Geniuses?\u201d<\/a>, about the ways in which education in the United States largely ignores the specific needs of the brightest students. There seems to be significant discomfort in the US with people being particularly adept at anything intellectual. Just think about it: if one\u2019s child is a budding pro baseball player from an early age, one can comfortably proclaim it from the rooftops, but if the child is a math whiz instead, we mutter something apologetic.<\/p>\n This makes me realize just how insightful the story by Kurt Vonnegut, \u201cHarrison Bergeron\u201d<\/a> Do you remember the \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u201d books, or the various other series of a similar sort (such as Pick Your Path, Endless Quest, etc.)? As I wrestled with the fact that I like to begin my classes where my students are and work step by step from there, and yet my students in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000KP2YBS\")
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