Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Early intervention eval
[email protected]
In a message dated 12/20/2003 12:26:24 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I'm pretty sure Einstein didn't start talking until about age 5.
Maybe it's no problem at all. <g>
I wrote an article about Conor and the testing that showed so many
things "wrong" with him. You can see it here:
http://sandradodd.com/special/mary
I'm sorry, I'm like Carly, I've been on the list only a day or two, but have
read a lot of back posts and just felt like jumping in here!
I think Einstein was about to be labeled "retarded" in his youth (they didn't
have the politically correct labels back then), and Edison was pulled out of
school by his mother because the school wanted to label him with something
akin to ADHD. I think the (sometimes very insidious) lie is that all kids are
supposed to develop in lock step and when they don't, there is something wrong
with them. I think that particular datum would have to be much more closely
examined than it is, in general, before we could determine if it had any
validity at all, whatsoever, under any possible circumstance. Minimally, kids
developing at different rates would need to be examined 20, 30 or even 50 years
later to see how they were doing in life. Other factors would need to be
controlled for (i.e. schooling, home life, health factors, etc). Studies like that
are difficult to do and there is not much (if any) financial incentive for
doing them. Maybe some have been done, I don't know of any personally (I'd love
to hear about any others may know of). My view is that until science has
proven that kids encouraged and/or manipulated into developing with the "norm" are
better off than kids allowed to develop at their own pace and given love and
respect and stimulation, I'm going with my own personal observations and my
gut.
I'm so glad I found this group! I've been unschooling for a couple of years
now after my kids had bad experiences in school. We've had some wonderful and
precious experiences doing this, but lately it's been going rougher,
especially with my younger child, and I really need this daily infusion of wisdom and
encouragement from others who are doing this. Thanks for being there!
Cory
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[email protected] writes:
I'm pretty sure Einstein didn't start talking until about age 5.
Maybe it's no problem at all. <g>
I wrote an article about Conor and the testing that showed so many
things "wrong" with him. You can see it here:
http://sandradodd.com/special/mary
I'm sorry, I'm like Carly, I've been on the list only a day or two, but have
read a lot of back posts and just felt like jumping in here!
I think Einstein was about to be labeled "retarded" in his youth (they didn't
have the politically correct labels back then), and Edison was pulled out of
school by his mother because the school wanted to label him with something
akin to ADHD. I think the (sometimes very insidious) lie is that all kids are
supposed to develop in lock step and when they don't, there is something wrong
with them. I think that particular datum would have to be much more closely
examined than it is, in general, before we could determine if it had any
validity at all, whatsoever, under any possible circumstance. Minimally, kids
developing at different rates would need to be examined 20, 30 or even 50 years
later to see how they were doing in life. Other factors would need to be
controlled for (i.e. schooling, home life, health factors, etc). Studies like that
are difficult to do and there is not much (if any) financial incentive for
doing them. Maybe some have been done, I don't know of any personally (I'd love
to hear about any others may know of). My view is that until science has
proven that kids encouraged and/or manipulated into developing with the "norm" are
better off than kids allowed to develop at their own pace and given love and
respect and stimulation, I'm going with my own personal observations and my
gut.
I'm so glad I found this group! I've been unschooling for a couple of years
now after my kids had bad experiences in school. We've had some wonderful and
precious experiences doing this, but lately it's been going rougher,
especially with my younger child, and I really need this daily infusion of wisdom and
encouragement from others who are doing this. Thanks for being there!
Cory
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