Re: [Phys-l] Follow up for John Denker thread (self-study physics for the over-achiever)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi all-
	Sometime ago I had a lunch conversation with a nobel laureate 
physicist who was a graduate of a local high school.  The conversation 
went something like this:
	Me:  What did they do that was right?
	Him: They left me alone.

My moral: When conversing with someone brighter than me, "Shut up!"
					Regards,
						Jack

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Hanadi Altawil wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Every class has its share of bright students who at times know much more
> than us, thanks to information available on net and curious and insatiable
> mind of these bright kids. I really loved the suggestions and ideas proposed
> by John Denker < <mailto:jsd%40av8n.com> jsd@av8n.com>. The suggestions
> given reminded me of steps taken in same line by me to handle these kinds of
> kids.
>
> One of my students was bright enough to discuss "Quantum Theory" with me in
> early grades. I enjoyed the discussion with him but the problem started
> cropping with other kids feeling inferiority complex as they were not able
> to contribute to this discussions.
>
> Another problem, that while discussing such topics which were beyond the
> purview of curriculum resulted in my lagging behind the course completion.
>
> To keep him busy, I devised a nice strategy which can be added to the list
> of suggestions complied by John Denker. I appointed (unofficially) him as my
> sub faculty. After, completing a whole topic, I asked him to revise the
> topic again for whole class. The dual advantage of the strategy was to make
> sure that everyone in the class follows a topic and it kept the bright kid
> busy and satisfied.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Hanadi Al-Tawil
>
> High School Physics Teacher
>
>
>
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