DT> MS>DT> Probably true....and perhaps we have given some students a 
DT> reason
DT> MS>DT> to  lag 
DT> MS>DT> behind by giving them a label on which to cling.  I remember 
DT> as a
DT> MS>DT> student teacher overhearing one student say "I can't help it, 
DT> Im 
DT> MS>DT> ADD."  
DT> 
DT> MS>    Ever notice how few kids fail the classroom part of driver ed?
DT> MS>Ever  notice how few kids fail the written part of the drivers'
DT> MS>license exam?     You are correct: motivation has a lot to do with
DT> MS>it, and we shouldn't  forget that.  The trick is making kids think
DT> MS>that the math test is as  important as the drivers' ed test.
DT> 
DT> Easier said than done....I just looked through my son's Physics book. 
DT> He's a high school senior.  A driver's ed manual looks a lot more 
DT> appealing and certainly much easier for the average Joe 
    But nearly _every_ HS kid takes drivers' ed and the license test, while 
only a small portion of a typical HS's student body ever takes physics and it 
is a self-selected group of above-average students.
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