elt@astrovax.UUCP (11/18/83)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please folks, not all people are the same. What works for one, > may not work at all for another. Flash cards may be great fun > for one kid, terrifying to another (or great fun presented by > one parent, terrifying when presented by another). People are > too complex to direct by such simplistic schemes - the danger > of forcing individuals into a dogmatic program is the real harm > that can be inflicted on the kid either by the technique itself, > or the telegraphed disappointment of the teacher/parent. Please > try everything in small doses, observe, correct, modify, play it > by ear and good sense - if it isn't working, try something else. > Keep the ideas flowing here, but let us temper the discussions > with the knowledge that we as kids outsmarted them all, and our > kids will do the same to us. Mel Haas , hocsk!mel Bravo! This is worth reading twice. Such clear thinking and good sense are as rare on the net as elsewhere. To add my two cents worth: Formulas or recipies for teaching (or just generally raising) children are likely to work about as well as they do for having a successful marriage, making friends, falling in love, getting rich, etc. Life is not so simple that it can be reduced to algorithms. Ed Turner astrovax!elt