Subject: Re: I need some advice.
From: Cynthia Glickman (glickman@nevada.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 15:35:58 EDT
Here, here, Randy!
Cynthia Glickman
CCSN
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Anderson <randy9@lvcm.com>
To: <mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu>; Bret Taylor <bret@iag.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: I need some advice.
> 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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