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The latest segment of ABC children's show "Kids Are People Too" camera trained on the world famous Bronx High School of Science. As a tongue in cheek ends reporters asked the class he has interviewed to say goodbye to the TV audience in a way that most "serious and intelligent". Needless to say, the scene of mass excitement planned to occur. With some ambilvalence, I also have to stick a pin into the myths associated with Bronx Science. When friends and acquaintances expressed particular admiration in physics taught me to what they imagine to be a genius or at least a near genius, honesty stating that I set them straight. Fortunately for my stature, I do not think quite believe me. The myth continues.
What makes BHHS especially desirable schools where teaching is that students are motivated, if not always with a love of learning, almost always by the desire to achieve. In such an environment reigns supreme sign of strength, and, compared with other urban schools, classroom discipline problems are rare. We had a good share of intellectually gifted children and probably a genius once in a while, but then we have more than a sprinkling of students who are not academically fuction. The best way to describe our students is to say that most would go to higher education to become programmers, doctors, teachers, accountants, engineers, lawyers, and so on. The tail of the normal distribution will reach a depth of personal failure or the heights of success.
How do we achieve this homogeneity? BHSS, among several specialized schools other high citty New York, have administration privileges entrance exam to a few thousand, eight and nine graders every year. 1.5 hour examination consisting of a short section of vocabulary, part comprehention rather long read, and part mathenatics 45 minutes. With the exception of about 100 children who were treated through the program "discovery", children with the highest score received. Although the school's science curriculum geared to specifically there was no attempt to screen children on the basis of the interests of science or talent. The main screning mechanism, I believe, is one of the screening themselves. This is especially the children and their parents who are motivated to achieve the look of high school special New York City as a possibility for themselves. Some of SMP have staff who actively encourage their academic elite to apply, but the number of such schools is difficult to guess. As a remedy for this situation partially, our principal currently has acttively promoting outreach program where middle school kids take to school to get acquainted and to participate in the project science instruction. In this program, children are taken once a week and are taught basic laboratory techniques. According to which one of my colleagues who are involved in this program, many children have never dealt with science equipment before.Their fun he explained to me is encouraging, and I hope that it causes some to find previously hidden talent in science.
Because their special status, special high schools have to defend themselves against the risk of accusations elitsm. In our egalitarian society today has become a very sensitive issue. Related to this issue, and even more sensitive, has been the question of race. While it would be much more convenient to skim over aspects of Bronx Science, I felt that there was no description of the school will be completely accurate without some discussion.
Over the past two decades, Bronx Science has seen major changes in the composition of race and ethnicity of the student population of his. Twenty years ago our students mainly white and Jewish. Today, approximately 60% were white from diverse ethnic backgrounds and diverse national Europe. 40% more in the order of their numerical representation, Black, Hispanic, and Oriental. Along with this shift has been some grumbling among the older members of staff about the decline of standards in schools. Although it is rarely clearly stated, racial implications are always difficult to ignore. Any changes that we experience can be more accurately traced to national changes in the values of students and student demand is far greater personal freedom. This change from the 60s and 70s has occurred along with increased awareness and self-expression are many vocal minority. Given all of this is easy to see how some teachers have been linked peace and unity clear academic goals in tyhe 50s and early '60s with the homogeneity of the race and then there.
My own experience over the years has convinced me that there is no group in the Bronx Science has have
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