Humanity's Progression, higher social order or relative social destruction? Options

[pandora]

Is the current state and progression of humanity leading towards a higher social order, or is it leading towards a relative social destruction?


I'm attempting to filter out the dumb asses by stating my question in a way they won't understand it.

[DoubleJ]

I totally see your point Ruth, and I thought the last paragraph was funny. When I said standardized testing should be discontinued, I meant as far as passing kids through the lower grades before they get to high school. In NY for example, the school system is very f**ked up due to the tests pushing forward kids who aren't ready.

The gifted kids should get attention, but who knows how many regular kids would get their chance to shine if shown the same amount of attention as their gifted peers. I know kids that I went to high school with, who are smarter than the ones who graduated at the top of the class, but just didn't get the chance, because of the lack of attention from the faculty. If the gifted kids are so gifted, then they should be able to handle the workload with little attention no? I am one to talk, because I was in the gifted kid class, so I know how it goes already, but I have seen kids get neglected, because people wanted to focus on the good as opposed to not trying to make everybody better.

The competition is definitely getting harder, and the kids who are average have no chance against the kids who have it all. Sometimes people (like me) need that extra push to bring it out of them. Others (again like me lol!) are late bloomers.

My hope is that somewhere down the line, kids in school will be given a chance to learn equally, and not be discriminated against just because they aren't smart enough, or quick learners.