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- Feb 3, 2013
Agreed. The part that irritates me about these situations is that every time I see one, the teacher or school in question has to go way out of their way to prevent the successful student from learning faster. This is time they could have spent with the struggling students. At some point, when you're ahead of the curve, you can pretty much teach yourself. That's when a good teacher will take the opportunity to focus on the kids who need the extra help. When faced with a choice between spending your time helping students who need help, or handicapping the students who don't... what sane teacher chooses the second option?As an academic underachiever of low intelligence who felt self-conscious, frustrated, and generally pretty shit about myself next to the students who seemed to effortlessly 'get' everything...
...I think it's appalling that schools would ever try and bandage MY issues by taking education opportunities from other students. There are lots of things kids like me need in school, but less intelligent classmates isn't one of them. I'd be bashing at the library door with a chair going, 'GEEZIS CHRIST, STOP THIS SHIT, BEING STUPID SUCKS!!!'
But it happens a lot.