I don't understand grade skipping....why they don't do it anymore..

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Born2bwire

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It pisses me off that they do not allow for grade skipping anymore like they used to in the 50s and early 60s. They used to do grade skipping because a student was academically advanced and or "gifted" and wanted to have the student at the appropriate academic level. Apparently, they stopped grade skipping because while the students were academically advanced, they were not "equally socially mature".. Now, hows this for a question: If a student is socially advanced but not academically advanced, should you let them skip a grade? They abstained from skipping grades because of their concerns for the students not being socially advanced, but if they are socially advanced but not academically advanced? Or is it, unless they're both, then there isn't a point.. But then you could say, what about the slow students? Why do they get to be in that grade if they're below average?

They do allow grade skipping. One of my friends skipped two grades and a number of friends skipped an entire grade. I skipped a grade in reading and mathematics. When I went to college I started as a sophomore.

You don't know about it because you just don't qualify at all.
 

FleshLight

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Yeah with all the AP classes and community college credits, you can start college as a 2nd/3rd year now.
 

zinfamous

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It pisses me off that they do not allow for grade skipping anymore like they used to in the 50s and early 60s. They used to do grade skipping because a student was academically advanced and or "gifted" and wanted to have the student at the appropriate academic level. Apparently, they stopped grade skipping because while the students were academically advanced, they were not "equally socially mature".. Now, hows this for a question: If a student is socially advanced but not academically advanced, should you let them skip a grade?

silly fool. this already exists.

it's called Business school.
 

rockyct

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Jun 23, 2001
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I'm sure you are and I'm also sure that you were trolling. You want to bring up experiences, that's fine but don't think you can compare me to defective people you know and not be trolling..

Uh...he's not trolling. It was a minor personal attack, but was reasonable and thought out. In fact, your response shows your social immaturity and backs up his point. Instead of handling criticism as a soon to be adult should, you puff up your chest and take offense. An adult should be able to take criticism and at least examine it for any truth. Learning this is a part of the maturation process and is a lesson I sincerely hope you'll discover as you move out of your awkward teenage years.
 

fleabag

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Uh...he's not trolling. It was a minor personal attack, but was reasonable and thought out. In fact, your response shows your social immaturity and backs up his point. Instead of handling criticism as a soon to be adult should, you puff up your chest and take offense. An adult should be able to take criticism and at least examine it for any truth. Learning this is a part of the maturation process and is a lesson I sincerely hope you'll discover as you move out of your awkward teenage years.
Nice try spinning it but let's face it, he's a troll. He and a few other members are actively trolling my threads, looking to jab me any way they can and it's getting annoying.
 

guyver01

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they don't skip kids ahead grades anymore because most kids are dumb fucks.
thank you video games :)
 

ShawnD1

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they don't skip kids ahead grades anymore because most kids are dumb fucks.
thank you video games :)
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3167862
Economics
The other day, I was watching a coworker buying up junk on World of WarCraft's auction house and relisting it elsewhere in the world at a higher price. Another was explaining that certain bits of loot were worth hanging on to for pawning during peak hours. These guys have never heard the word "arbitrage" in their lives -- but they already know the definition. It reminds me of when I took my first-level economics courses and was able to just screw off for a semester because I already picked up most of it from M.U.L.E. when I was eight years old. I didn't know what creating scarcity was. I just knew that stockpiling smithore and then releasing all the colony's M.U.L.E.s to drive the price up won games -- and pissed my friends right the hell off.
 

guyver01

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just because someone knows the concept of a certain economic principal doesn't mean they'll know it.

take that same kid and ask him to provide an example of "arbitrage" .. and he'll look at you like this: :eek:

hell.. the article writer doesn't even know what "arbitrage" is.

Arbitrage is not simply the act of buying a product in one market and selling it in another for a higher price at some later time. The transactions must occur simultaneously to avoid exposure to market risk, or the risk that prices may change on one market before both transactions are complete
 

ShawnD1

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Wikipedia's examples of arbitrage tend to side with the 1up guy's example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage#Price_convergence
Arbitrage tends to reduce price discrimination by encouraging people to buy an item where the price is low and resell it where the price is high, as long as the buyers are not prohibited from reselling and the transaction costs of buying, holding and reselling are small relative to the difference in prices in the different markets.

What is arbitrage?
http://economics.about.com/cs/finance/a/arbitrage.htm
The Economics Glossary defines arbitrage opportunity as "the opportunity to buy an asset at a low price then immediately selling it on a different market for a higher price." If I can buy an asset for $5, turn around and sell it for $20 and make $15 for my trouble, that is arbitrage. The $15 I gain represents an arbitrage profit.
 

rockyct

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Nice try spinning it but let's face it, he's a troll. He and a few other members are actively trolling my threads, looking to jab me any way they can and it's getting annoying.

I think they're trying to knock some sense into you. Since you've chosen to defend yourself at any length even after being proven wrong, I think it's fine to mess with you a little.
 

guyver01

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Wikipedia's examples of arbitrage tend to side with the 1up guy's example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage#Price_convergence


What is arbitrage?
http://economics.about.com/cs/finance/a/arbitrage.htm

You quoted Price Convergence. Not Arbitrage.

Economics.about.com has it right.
The Economics Glossary defines arbitrage opportunity as "the opportunity to buy an asset at a low price then immediately selling it on a different market for a higher price."

The key word is Immediately.

Take for example a "hot christmas toy" ..
If you buy it today for $15 .. then wait till Dec 24th and sell it for $200.. that's NOT arbitrage.

Arbitrage would be to buy it today for $15 .. then immediately turn around and sell it to the next person in line for that $200.
 

rudder

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If my son was 9 days older he would have been required to wait another year before starting kindergarten. He is in 1st grade and could probably skip second. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher and he is above most of her students. But there is no way I would let him since his maturity level would still be way behind. Plus he will be a football star someday and I don't want him up against people that are 2-3 years older than him in high school. Okay wishful thinking.... but he does love sports.

Hopefully he will stay focused in high school and get some credits towards a college degree.
 
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Hmm..I would have missed a lot of fun stuff in high school if I had skipped out of it...

But I finished all my classes early...and had lots of study halls (aka...drive home) classes filling my last couple years.

Meh..everything works out in the end. Our experiences for better or worse are all part of the mixture.

Skipped 2 grades in the 90s.. I probably would have ended up valedictorian if I just stuck with my regular class