Bill Gates benefited from a transfer from a public school where testing was not "cool." Gates then became #1 on a math test. So the way to help all students learn is to impose standardized tests on everyone? Gates should read Teacher in a Strange Land and the story of Ryder. Ryder loved to read until the third grade regime of "worksheet after worksheet after worksheet." The smart little boy's love of learning slowly disappeared as he was assigned three timed math fact pages a night. The Accelerated Reading goals and the high-stakes TAKS Math test forced Ryder cry himself to
