Subject: Re: I need some advice.
From: Randy Anderson (randy9@lvcm.com)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 12:25:38 EDT
Brett,
I am thrilled when I find out that I have good high school students in
my classes. Why should we hold back students who have the motivation to get
a head start on college just because it might not settle with our own
personal beliefs? It doesn't sound like he is the typical high school
student (or he wouldn't be trying to take college level calculus as a
junior) and he probably will not be the typical college student. Should we
hold that against him? I think not. We should be encouraging the people who
have the motivation to succeed regardless of whatever their age might be.
Just my two cents.
Randy Anderson
Mathematics
Community College of Southern Nevada
----- Original Message -----
From: Bret Taylor <bret@iag.net>
To: <mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:07 PM
Subject: I need some advice.
> A student has asked for special permission to enroll in Calculus I this
> Fall. The final decision is mine. (I'm the instructor.) He took the
> placement test we use (in-house) and fell a couple of points short.
>
> On his side:
>
> He is a nice, reasonable kid who came asking (not demanding) permission.
He
> has a solid math background. He scored a 30 on the ACT. He works as a
> tutor in his high school. Comes highly recommended.
>
> My major concern:
>
> He is a junior in high school. Even if he can take the course and pass
it,
> adjusting to the difference in speed and expectations of college vs. high
> school, is it in his best interest to do so? If he passes the Calculus
> sequence, he will take Physics based calculus and differential equations
as
> well. He will essentially receive an AA degree when he graduates from HS.
> He will go off to a university and major in engineering. (Those are his
> plans.) His first semester, as an 18 year old, he will possibly be taking
> Linear Algebra, Statics and Dynamics, while trying to socially and
> culturally adjust to university life. Somehow, I am not sure this is in
his
> best interest.
>
> He's not a "child prodigy" or a Doogie Howser. He's a sharp kid.
>
> My college is all for it. (Dual Enrollment is thought of in a very posite
> manner here. Looks good and is financially rewarding to the school.) His
> parents are for it. (My son is different. He can handle it. Two years
> from now he'll be ready for a university. He's very mature.)
>
> I'd just like to do what is in his best interest.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg, FL John 3:30
>
> It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
> What matters more, yes, most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
> John Wooden, UCLA
>
>
>
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