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[quote=Anonymous]I work in a Montessori school. Let me give you the inside's intake on this. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO A MONTESSORI SCHOOL unless the child is a very slow learner. If your child has a autism or some other special need, then send them to a special school for that. If your child is normal or above average intelligence your better off at a public or other type of private school. Montessori schools do not prepare students for the real world. All the child are white and spolied. The students were given a standardized test and I was told to give them extra time to complete it. Maybe that is how they come up with claim that students perform better on standardized tests. The parents at this school are so stupid. They are paying just about $10,000 to send their children there to learn things like matching cards, how to roll rugs and pouring. These "lessons" are on the shelf and the 3-6 yrs old are suppose to come into the room pick a lesson and do their work on their own. AS you can expect the children of course do not this. They always wander around and play around. Almost no teaching gets done at all because a teacher will only work with 3 kids at a time while the rest play around. The system is all wrong. We have about 30 kids in one class and 2 teachers and one asst . Public schools only have about 8 kids in headstart with an asst and at least in public school students learn useful things like colors and writing on actual paper. All these things taught at the Montessori school could be taught at home for free. Who cares if the kid can roll a rug? I feel we are not actually teachers but babysitters for spoiled brats and special needs students whose parents are in denial that something is wrong with their child. Any little thing that happens with their child gets blown out of portion and the school is constantly on damage control. The school is always kissing up to the parents and basically is run by the parents. But I guess it should be since the parents are stupid enough to waste $10,000 a year on tuition. Later on though the kids suffer because once they go into middle school they have a hard time adjusting. They are not use to actually studying, sitting quietly, and doing homework. The world is competitive place and Montessori does not prepare students for what the real world is like. People that defend Montessori method are either making a lot of money from it or live in a fanasty world. [/quote]
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