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School for superior children

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Schools should adjustment their programs to accommodate and develop mentally superior children. The curriculum should provide for the varied interests of superior children. The main thing is to provide conditions for these children to learn the uninteresting but necessary things quickly.

The education program for the intellectual superior children should be from a balanced consideration of facts and opinions based on experiences, the capacity of the individual, and the probable social role which he or she will fulfill. This involves the principle of social parallelism, which gives special significance to the education of children who will someday exert influence upon local, national, and world affairs. It is not suggested, however, that conventions be completely disregarded.

The educational program should be unique. There should be adequate materials and modern methods of teachings. Laboratory equipment are needed for the exposition of elementary physical laws which superior children are already capable of understanding. Computers loaded with up to date programs, aside from reference books and encyclopedia, should be made readily available.