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In a message dated 8/13/2002 10:07:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nedvare@... writes:


>
> Children who will be going to school at age five are guided into that
> experience by NOT being allowed to learn too much OR too little, but just
> the right amount so that they'll fit into the school mould. Good readers
> are
> not wanted in kindergarten classes, or even in first or second grade. The
> schools normally have no way to deal with child who is advanced beyond the
> class. Who suffers? The child. If a kid wants to do something that's not on
> the school menu, forget it.
>

This paragraph pretty much sums up my main reason for homeschooling my kids.
Amy Kagey
Usborne Books consultant
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