Posted to The Age (28/10/2019) on 28/10/2019 (not published by newspaper)
Commenting on “I wouldn't want my child anywhere near the new 'excellence' program”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/i-wouldn-t-want-my-child-anywhere-near-the-new-excellence-program-20191024-p533yy.html
I have been waiting for such a program to surface to help the excellent students who are generally the smart students who have been discriminated and dragged down by the not so smart ones in a class, since streaming of students is no longer existed.
Those object such a program or can’t see value in it are just sour grapes, who just want to chop down the tall poppies. We want this to be a smart country, I believe many Australians do, but we are not fair dinkum in helping those who can excel and take the lead to show that Australia can be even better than the Scandinavian countries in education.
Excellent students are normally not just smart in one subject or discipline. They can interconnect numerous concepts, visualise things in virtual dimension.
In fact, some students who have been diagnosed as autistic or suffered from Asperger’s syndrome could have been helped by such a program. These sfferers are suffering in silence.
What most people, that include students of any age, are been suppressed to developed to full potential because they are labelled by cruel and not-good-enough people time and time as book worm, smart Alec, nerd, and show off. In fact, this is truly unfair and can damage the mental well-beig of these people.
Smart students should not be just referred to those academically smart, but also those who are street smart. In addition, there are those who are different from the norm, ask challenging questions that beyond the textbook material and the repository of Google database.
By the way, Einstein learnt calculus by himself at the age of 12.
Thank you for reading.
Those object such a program or can’t see value in it are just sour grapes, who just want to chop down the tall poppies. We want this to be a smart country, I believe many Australians do, but we are not fair dinkum in helping those who can excel and take the lead to show that Australia can be even better than the Scandinavian countries in education.
Excellent students are normally not just smart in one subject or discipline. They can interconnect numerous concepts, visualise things in virtual dimension.
In fact, some students who have been diagnosed as autistic or suffered from Asperger’s syndrome could have been helped by such a program. These sfferers are suffering in silence.
What most people, that include students of any age, are been suppressed to developed to full potential because they are labelled by cruel and not-good-enough people time and time as book worm, smart Alec, nerd, and show off. In fact, this is truly unfair and can damage the mental well-beig of these people.
Smart students should not be just referred to those academically smart, but also those who are street smart. In addition, there are those who are different from the norm, ask challenging questions that beyond the textbook material and the repository of Google database.
By the way, Einstein learnt calculus by himself at the age of 12.
Thank you for reading.
