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ISSUES IN EDUCATION : OTHER ISSUES : WE AREN'T STUPID!

We aren't Stupid!

By jordan8 mail
In seventh grade, what did you learn? Did you learn algebra? Did you learn how to add? What did you learn in sixth grade, eighth grade? I'll bet it wasn't what you learned in fourth grade, or fifth grade. For me, this is the situation. My friend, who is in sixth grade is learning how to add,subtract, divide and multiply fractions.I am in seventh grade and I am learning the same thing. Last week I laerned how too add. In English, we are reading a book that I read in third grade, The Giver, we have been reading it for 6 weeks and we are not halfway through. Some people in my advanced classes think their birthday changes every year, and therefore don't know their birthday. People high up in our school district won't let our Gifted class stay in classes with mildly intelligent people, because they think, "we

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