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]]> By: C http://travelingforever.com/blogs/2006/12/how-public-schools-kill-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-7492 C Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:50:27 +0000 http://travelingforever.com/blogs/2006/12/how-public-schools-kill-democracy/#comment-7492 I have a kindergartener in one of the best public schools in one of the most affluent counties in California, and I am dismayed. We are reviewing options for private schools and the feasability of home/unschooling, because it's not the most promising students that get the teachers' attention, it's the most disruptive and uncooperative. Very few kids can thrive in an environment full of copied worksheets and disrespectful peers. They are learning how to complete tasks, not learning how to learn. Rather than staying and trying to help, in whatever capacity I could do as a parent, trying to change the school district, I'm giving up. I'm yanking my kids out of public school and taking them to a Waldorf one. I have a kindergartener in one of the best public schools in one of the most affluent counties in California, and I am dismayed. We are reviewing options for private schools and the feasability of home/unschooling, because it’s not the most promising students that get the teachers’ attention, it’s the most disruptive and uncooperative.

Very few kids can thrive in an environment full of copied worksheets and disrespectful peers. They are learning how to complete tasks, not learning how to learn. Rather than staying and trying to help, in whatever capacity I could do as a parent, trying to change the school district, I’m giving up. I’m yanking my kids out of public school and taking them to a Waldorf one.

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