To: cinives
“Institutionalizing” children is a good way of putting it. There is no reason a first grader should be “chained” to their desk for hours and hours a day, when the entire day’s lessons could be done much more quickly with an adult paying more attention to them 1 on 1. Less pressure, more time to play.
13 posted on
09/14/2007 6:21:32 AM PDT by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: Greg F
Oh come now - how else can we cause ADD/ADHD/Bipoar if we don’t deny young children the ability to run around in the sunshine and play ? The pharmapsych industry would collapse.
14 posted on
09/14/2007 6:25:22 AM PDT by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Greg F
No kidding. Formal school-time at our house is about an hour. The rest of the time it's outdoor activities, music, art, reading, etc... all leisure time activities that our 5 yr old son loves. When I come home in the evening he helps me in the garage (I am restoring a 1972 VW Bug). He doesn't realize it, but that is school too.
He only gets TV one day a week, and only for a an hour or so. His favorite show is the Discovery Channel's Planet Earth series, and he is smart enough to recognize that their Global Warming slant is BS.
50 posted on
09/14/2007 8:16:06 AM PDT by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Greg F
There is no reason a first grader should be “chained” to their desk for hours and hours a day,
Try all-day kindergarten. I believe in our district it's SEVEN hours per day for 5 year-olds. It was signed into law by our Democrat governor. The moms I know love it. :O(
74 posted on
09/14/2007 4:27:24 PM PDT by
ChocChipCookie
(Homeschool like your kids' lives depend on it.)
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