On 12/08/2009 10:58 AM, William Attwood wrote: > Steve, I slightly agree with you... Without your thinking, focusing > back on > the message prior to this one... Is this when we turn to the "No Child Left > Behind" mentality? If I recall, the type of thinking that put additional > focus on poor performers also caused great performers to suffer, as they had > to slow down and wait on those who didn't have the proficiency..... > > I agree, there's a process in weeding out those who's focus is better put on > other areas, thereby allowing great performers to continue as unhindered as > possible. >
I'm not sure what the focus is on "No Child Left Behind", but the idea of mentoring isn't to hold everyone back for one person who is behind, rather it's to help every individual excel more than they might have on their own, including the one(s) in the caboose, thereby improving the entire team. No one person holds any one other person back. Hopefully "No Child Left Behind" is similar to that idea, and the conception people have of it is incorrect, but I don't know. My kids are ahead of their classes, and nobody seems to be holding them back that I can see. Brandon /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
