On My Mind: From Doogie Howser to Dweebs— or How We Went in Search of Bobby Fischer and Found That We Are Dumb and Dumber
1997; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Volume: 2; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5951/mtms.2.6.0376
ISSN2328-5486
Autores Tópico(s)Education Systems and Policy
ResumoAs my son and his friends moved from elementry school to middle school, I became acutely aware that many students who had always done well in school did not want to be identified as “smart kids” in middle school. Some of them were afraid that they would be picked on by the other students if it were known that they were bright. Others just wanted to fit in. The school had a very difficult time recruiting enough students to be on the MATHCOUNTS team; no girls would even by it. It simply was not cool to be smart-and at a suburban middle school that boasts of some of the highest test scores in the state.
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