[Ohiogift] Athletic Scholarship

[Will Fitzhugh]

We actually hide academic excellence from the public eye 
because that will single out students and makes others "feel bad." 

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Bob Hines is a longtime IB History Teacher and trainer
at Richard Montgomery HS in Rockville, Maryland
who sends The Concord Review superior history papers every year.


Will


Begin forwarded message:

From: "Hines, Robert P"
Date: January 22, 2014 11:22:15 AM EST
To: Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org>
Subject: RE: Hate the Gifted?

Very good Will!

Some more issues:  We have morning announcements every school day via TV, with clips inserted to draw attention to some activity. Several weeks ago, an okay student of mine from last year was honored by the physical ed department and his swimming coach while the entire school watched him sign his athletic scholarship from Brown to join their swim team. The message is to honor athletics. We actually hide academic excellence from the public eye because that will single out students and makes others "feel bad." 

Another area is teacher re-certification: Our very large school system offers many trainings for teachers to help them get their mandatory 6 credits every 5 years; there are dozens of courses on pedagogy,  but only one content course which I have taught for the past 29 years. We have dozens of experienced AP and IB teachers who could help teachers deepen their knowledge and most importantly, enthusiasm for their subject matter. 
 

Bob H. 


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From: Will Fitzhugh [fitzhugh at tcr.org]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:52 AM
To: Hines, Robert P
Subject: Hate the Gifted


America Hates Its Gifted Kids   (...unless they are athletes, of course....WF)

By Chris Weller<http://www.newsweek.com/authors/chris-weller> / January 15, 2014 6:45 PM EST Newsweek

Teaching to the middle has hurt the smartest students.


Why is the world's largest economy so bad at teaching its children? One growing school of thought is that the U.S. education system, in its laudable quest to make sure the worst students reach minimal standards, is cheating its best pupils......



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