--- "Blanchett, Neal J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm concerned about emphasis on anti-oppression > education. A lot of people > believe Minneapolis already expends too much time > and resources on these > sorts of programs.
> I think you raise important issues, but I also want > my kids to be challenged > academically. If MPS is consumed with social issues > and under-performing > kids, there will be few resources for average and > especially gifted kids. Neal, You raise some good points. However, one thing I would like people to consider as well is that ALL kids are gifted. If the system sought to develop ways to ACTIVELY reach more kids, there could be less emphasis put on finding resources for the so called "typical" gifted students. Again, IMHO, we keep classifying the out-dated as standard norms of giftedness. This rules a lot of students whose giftedness has yet to be unearthed OUT, and tosses them right back INTO the standard oppressive molds, and then we wonder why we have a major problem in education. And then our problems grow up to haunt us. Look at the current state of our union! We need to stop trying to protect the standards that continually oppress our children, and seek to establish new ones. We need to utilize what funding we have to the good of the majority of children. As my hero Spock said "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Pamela Taylor (In Tampa, Hoping to Live Long and Prosper) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
