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“Seems to be advocating for “everyone gets a trophy” in the schools.”

I don’t think that was what she was promoting at all. Children learn at different paces. Some pick up on reading very quickly, but struggle with math. But, their classes are all 40 minutes for each subject. If home-schooled, they could work 35 minutes on reading and then 55 minutes on math. That would work best for that child. Some are just the opposite.

Some children are gifted at music and others at art. However, they never reach their potential in those subjects because they are in classes where some students can’t keep a beat and some can’t even color in between the lines. All students in such a learning environment are miserable and none actually learn anything at all. Learning should be enjoyable.

I certainly agree with her criticism on the time schedule that has children up and at school by 8:00 a.m. (or even earlier). Especially for pre-teens and teens. Around that age, they are not awake until 10:00 a.m. and anything that is presented to them before that time never makes it to their brain. Putting a child on a school bus at 6:00 in the morning is cruel.

So much (the majority) of time in public school is wasted time. For home-schooled children, Reading, Spelling, and English, along with Math and Science, can be taught during a three hour period of time. Another hour or so on other subjects, with alternating days for electives, and a child’s entire school day can be completed in five hours with a break in between subjects.