The down side is the reflex to make everything "It's a lesson, 'who can tell me the steps of CPR?' when passing an accident site". (ABC-W is the correct answer)
Or when you pop off something in Latin to one of the grandkids, and he pops off something back in Cambodian, and your youngest has to sort out that we've changed appropriate languages for ages 1-6.
New fangled stuff...
/johnny
The One-Room Schoolhouse was that. Kids moved up by merit and spent as much or more time working with their parents as their teacher. My hope is that homeschoolers will lead the way back to individual liberty. Much as these granola-munching Seattlelites probably wouldn’t agree with your average FReeper on most political issues we can all agree on individual liberty. Leave me and mine alone.