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		tremon on Nov 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to ... Should Mozart have been kept away from musical instruments because his peers weren't at his level? In other words, should people existing define how we educate prodigies? Who gets to determine who is a prodigy and who isn't, and at what age?

dragonwriter on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

> Should Mozart have been kept away from musical instruments because his peers weren't at his level?

In his consumption of publicly-funded universal education? Or...something completely irrelevant?

cortesoft on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

No one is disallowing kids from having access to advanced math.

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