Originally Posted by
MinnMan
I did indeed. Public high school, but from a very high achieving NY suburb. In my year there were 12 who went to Harvard, though in more typical years it was "merely" 5 or 6. And I couldn't count how many to the other Ivys and equivalents.
In the 8th grade "Honors" science class , we did a whole bunch of stuff with pulleys. I loved it.
We cut up dead stuff in 8th grade honors biology or as much as I can remember. Maybe just a different sequence putting the physical sciences after the life sciences.
Sad that curricula have been dumbed down, especially the maths.