Public school systems need to be more sensitive to their students. Parents play the major role in determining a childs academic outcome, but the school system needs to notice children who dont necessarily acknowledge their gift. These children need guidance -- I believe it is the schools responsibility to provide it to them. I have been through a situation that makes me feel strongly about the subject. My example is an indisputable case in point. Math is my forte. By the time I was six or seven, I fully comprehended the concept of variables and algebraic expressions. Its fascinating to me that when I pick up a math text book, as long as I can pick up on a concept that I have already seen, I can read and absorb all the material, even if the text is explaining concepts I havent yet been introduced to. Math is the language you use to talk to computers.My father raised me as a computer user. He taught me about the hardware inside the computer and he taught me how to write software. He knew that knowing how a computer thinks was big. Unfortunately, he never looked to them as a career. He would always tell me, though, that people were making fortunes with them, which is true. The average computer science degree pays $45,000.00 per year first year out of school. Thats bachelors, guaranteed, as long as you put together impressive software or technology while in school. Anyone, even a child, equipped with that insight should be able to find, if only abstractly, their purpose in life. What could go wrong?Thinking back to my compulsory education career, I remember having a discussion with my eighth grade math teacher. I asked him, "Do you think I can handle algebra?" His reply was, "Youre going to have to work at it." You see, I hadnt yet found variables in books. I hated long multiplication and division. I was considered a middle-average student. I only averaged a low C in grade school and middle school math. Why? I was bored with it. Doing lon...
