Montessori schooling

[LordShiva]

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[Dauphin]

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[onodera]

Originally posted by DanS


Was this during the Soviet days? Is it your perception that there are/were many such schools in Russia?

It was immediately after the Soviet days. The principal had a deaf daughter, so instead of finding a school for her, she started one. Foreign funding, deaf and normal kids in the same class, Montessori methods. Got too expensive after 1.5 years, so my parents had me transfered to a public one.
I don't think there are many Montessori schools in Russia. Public schools are the most prevalent form of schools, and most private schools use the same methods as public schools. Most of those who don't are for rich spoiled brats. Only a small handful of private schools use experimental teaching methods.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Lorizael
My older brothers and I went to Montessori before elementary school. I remember nothing about it, but I attribute my mind-boggling intelligence to it.

Both of my siblings did, however, get into the magnet program at Blair High School. You can't really say that one caused the other, of course, but Montessori might still have something to do with the relatively high level of intelligence present in my parents' children.

Give credit where credit is due. Your parents' children's intelligence has more to do with your parents' children's ancestors than anything else.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Both of my siblings did, however, get into the magnet program at Blair High School. You can't really say that one caused the other, of course, but Montessori might still have something to do with the relatively high level of intelligence present in my parents' children.

Blair as in Montgomery Blair?

[Lorizael]

Yes.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by VetLegion


Give credit where credit is due. Your parents' children's intelligence has more to do with your parents' children's ancestors than anything else.

I'd say it's a combination of genetics and environment, just like every other human trait.

[Kuciwalker]

I'd say it's a combination of genetics and environment, just like every other human trait.

Counterexample: eye color.

[Lorizael]

Bah, most.

[Lorizael]

Hmm...

Originally posted by Wikipedia
It is thought that exposure to light after birth triggers the production of melanin in the iris of the eye. By three years of age, the eyes produce and store enough melanin to indicate their natural shade. While changes in eye color of infants are more common, even in adults, eye color changes are seen, most often as a result of exposure to the sun. Sunlight triggers melanin production in the eye, as it does to the skin.

[Kuciwalker]

Okay, Down syndrome.

[Agathon]

IQ depends heavily on the environment. The Flynn Effect pretty much proves this. That's also why IQ tests are culturally biased against African people and in favour of Asians and Ashkenazi Jews.

It's interesting stuff.

[LordShiva]

Cali in 3...

[Agathon]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Cali in 3...

I don't think anyone listens to him. His views on race could charitably be described as "deranged".

The funny thing is that he looks part Maori.

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Agathon
IQ depends heavily on the environment. The Flynn Effect pretty much proves this. That's also why IQ tests are culturally biased against African people and in favour of Asians and Ashkenazi Jews.

It's interesting stuff.

Actually, if we take intelligence to be merely an indicator of genetic fitness, due to the genetic complexity inherent in its production, then the Flynn effect can be seen as a natural and inevitable outcome of the better medicine we have today, without necessarily saying anything about environment and its effect on IQ.