[Mr. Jeeves]

I've also worked with kids in the "gifted" range. Kids whom I know to be math whizzes, reading several grades above their peers, maybe musical and have a couple of languages on them, and just could care LESS about doing school-work. Bored out of their SKULLS.

That's me! I still hate school.

It's funny you brought that up, because I've just been going through some old papers and I found most of my old report cards. Going back to kindergarten, they all say the same thing: "Mr. Jeeves is extremely bright but he doesn't care about doing class assignments. He plays by himself and ignores the other kids. He is the best reader I've ever taught, but he needs to particpate more in class."

How come they never could believe I found their whole curriculum stupefyingly pointless? It has to be worse today, the way everything is dumbed down to the level of the slowest learners in class. Our education system is choking the life out of the next generation of geniuses we will eventually need as leaders.

But maybe that's the whole point.

[tiamat]

I would have loved to have tutured you!

One of the BEST compliments i ver got was "Mrs. Tiamat, I like you. You're weird! "

And I think the "dumbing down" is the point in some circles!