Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!clong From: clong@topaz.rutgers.edu (Chris Long) Newsgroups: sci.psychology Subject: Re: Hi-Q societies Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 88 18:45:59 GMT References: <7743@apple.Apple.Com> <2038@mind.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 26 In article <2038@mind.UUCP>, Eliot Handelman cryptically writes: > In article , Chris Long writes: > > >I would love to discuss the problems that intelligent/gifted/talented people > >have in a constructive manner. Some of my keenest interests lie > >in: how do we educate such people? What can we do for them? > Try to make us buckle under the weight of resentment. We tend to arrive at > unpredictable conclusions about the nature of freedom. What does this mean? Are you trying to say that people aren't different, and that special treatment (accelerated classes, etc.) given to the (let's use the word "motivated" from now on, as the word "gifted" implies that all normal children are not born with roughly the same mental capabilities, a touchy subject) motivated is not right? Or is this some vague allusion to the freedom/equality problem? -- Chris Long Rutgers University RPO 1878 CN 5063 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (201)-932-1160 clong@topaz.rutgers.edu