[Sca-cooks] standard tests

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In a message dated 6/12/01 5:49:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
lilinah at earthlink.net writes:

> I don't agree with the idea that we must be on one side or the other
>  of a dichotomy. What follows is going to sound like boasting, but
>  since we are discussing the idea that we are either
>  arty-literary-intuitive or scientific-mathematical-logical...
>
>  My high school chemistry teacher thought i ought to be a scientist,
>  as i was the most methodological and meticulous student in her
>  classes. At the same time my high school art teacher gave me the keys
>  to the art studio so i could work on projects after hours.
>
>  I was in the chorus, and had lead roles in the school musicals my jr.
>  and sr. years. In my jr. year, i showed my Analytical Algebra teacher
>  another shorter way to solve a problem than the way she was teaching.
>
>  I scored about the same on my SAT's in both English and Math - in the
>  mid-700's on each, back in the 1960's - i hear the tests are easier
>  now.
>
>  I was an excellent swimmer. Other than that, i was never particularly
>  good at sports, but have since discovered that it was mostly mental.
>  My mother had ingrained in me the idea that i was going to get hurt,
>  so i'd pull back at the last minute from any ball coming towards me
>  in any sport.
>
>  I discovered that i was not completely uncoordinated when, in
>  college, i, an anthropology/art history major, got B's in
>  non-Euro-American dance classes (Japanese, Javanese, Balinese,
>  Ghanaian) while the dance majors were getting C's.
>
>  And i am LEFT handed! And proud of it.
>
>  Anahita

 I think Albert Einstein was left handed and look at him. LEFTY PRIDE!!!

Misha the lefty rebel.