Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Rystil Arden]

I never contended that your school wasn't one of the better public schools in the area, just that the statement is significant. You're comparing your school to peanuts?
But didn't you use yourself in your examples?The anecdote seems moot if you're certainly not typical.

If I learned it, then they taught it.

 

[Jdvn1]

If I learned it, then they taught it.

Doesn't mean they taught it well, and it obviously doesn't mean they taught it in such a way that everyone would retain it as well as you have.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Doesn't mean they taught it well, and it obviously doesn't mean they taught it in such a way that everyone would retain it as well as you have.

That others didn't retain it as well as I is less an indication of the school's teaching than of my retention, methinks; that's why I don't compare myself to students in my high school, but rather with the higher-tier students at MIT from other schools, who are hopefully more similar to me. And if they didn't teach it well, then at least I know they taught it better than in the European schools of which I chatted with foreign students, by comparing pedagogical style, instruction quality, and so on for fun one day.

 

[Jdvn1]

That others didn't retain it as well as I is less an indication of the school's teaching than of my retention, methinks; that's why I don't compare myself to students in my high school, but rather with the higher-tier students at MIT from other schools, who are hopefully more similar to me. And if they didn't teach it well, then at least I know they taught it better than in the European schools of which I chatted with foreign students, by comparing pedagogical style, instruction quality, and so on for fun one day.

If the majority of students at your school didn't retain it as well, that's an indication of the school. When you compare your school to that of other nations, it's probably better to use anecdotes to typical students. We're comparing schools, not students, so you shouldn't use an exceptional student as an example.

 

[Rystil Arden]

If the majority of students at your school didn't retain it as well, that's an indication of the school. When you compare your school to that of other nations, it's probably better to use anecdotes to typical students. We're comparing schools, not students, so you shouldn't use an exceptional student as an example.

So are you assuming that that majority of the students would retain the info as well as I did at *any* school? Saying "The #1 student at your school did better than the other students means that the school wasn't doing their job well enough" is exactly the NCLB mentality.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Heading off to class, so can't respond for a while.

~Rystil out

 

[Jdvn1]

So are you assuming that that majority of the students would retain the info as well as I did at *any* school? Saying "The #1 student at your school did better than the other students means that the school wasn't doing their job well enough" is exactly the NCLB mentality.

I'm assuming that the majority of students don't retain informatoin as well as you do. You can't judge the performance of a school based on the best student. You have other factors in your favor than what school you went to. It's possible that if you went to a school half as good, you'd be doing just as well. The best way to compare schools is with averages. It has nothing to do with the #1 student. So if you're going to use an anecdote, it's better to use one that reflects the average student at your school.

 

[Jdvn1]

How is NCLB supposed to work?

- Kemrain the Kinda Confused.

I don't know if the answer explained NCLB well, or if you even saw it in the discussion, but it's there.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

My GOD I'm sick of reality television. >_<

I can't stand it either. The only "reality" TV I watch is COPS.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Pretty much. You guys move fast.

We've got lives, ya know....