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"Education" System, was Re: [SG] HAMR

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:42:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: "Education" System, was Re: [SG] HAMR


--- Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >Do you have any idea how much I came to loathe that
> >particular phrase?
> 
> *raising hand*
> Funny, adults thought they were complimenting - not
> stigmatizing - us.

I have a sneaking suspicion that 75% of this list
either was stuck with that label, or would have been
had it been in vouge in the time/place when they went
to grade school.

But at any rate, I soon discovered that "gifted" is
generally teacher-speak for "I don't know what the
hell to do with him!"

John

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