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From: nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: Student preparedness
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Date: 20 Jan 89 17:45:03 GMT
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In article <1104@l.cc.purdue.edu>, cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
> 
> Advancing students rapidly in particular subjects is far from ideal, but is
> immediately feasible.  It was widely used before the social adjustment people
> took over the educational establishment 50 years ago.
> 

And it has serious drawbacks.  I am a product of such a policy -- I entered
college at age 15, and had serious problems in social adjustment as a result.
Until I saw the alternatives in action, I was totally against such an idea --
but now that I've seen them, I'm not so sure.  Is it better to be socially
adjusted and intellectually alienated or bored stiff?  I dunno.

When I was 17 I knew all kinds of things, for sure.  I must have forgotten all
the cogent arguments ...

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin