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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all and thank you for sharing your Montessori experience and opinion. I am struggling a bit on whether to send my 4 year old child to a Montessori school or simply choose a traditional private institution. On a recent visit at one of the local Montessori's in Miami I noticed the very nice outdoor settings and left the place under the impression that the system was very strong on aspects such as: a) allowing children to learn how to learn. Or letting them gain a sense of appreciation in regards to learning. b) acquiring a sense of self and personal responsibility. c) creativity through a somewhat less organized setting. d) instilling a sense of achievement and "owning" a problem/task/endevour. e) understanding interpersonal relationships through exposure to different ages as well as different levels of knowledge/experience. All this sounded wonderful as it may mean -among other things- that a child can build a solid foundation projected to the world as a sense of self-confidence (what else do you really need in life to succeed?). However, after the visit, I kept having this vague feeling that all was well in a "laboratory" sense and that there was a lot more in the real world that made the setting for the school almost look like a bubble. As my child is a boy, I asked myself if this experience wasn't a bit too androgynous. In spite of being very impressed I remember wondering if I should complement the time in Montessori with weekend escapades to local playgrounds where he would encounter a more aggressive world. But then, why pollute him? At the center of my preocupation was my own life experience after having gotten possibly the best education anyone could aspire at in my country in which I excelled at every stage (elementary, highschool, college). Yet, at age 29 I felt a complete failure in the corporate world lacking basic skills to get ahead. Others, with much much less education than my own, even less intelligence, would outpace me. Reason why I quit my job, left my country and decided to roughen myself up far away from my comfort zone, all alone, taking a miriad of street jobs just to catch up. (It worked... but it was a journey of about 10 years). In spanish, we would refer to this as "falta de calle". Please excuse the short paragraph about myself but it was just to describe the dilemma I face about whether giving my son a somewhat elitist education that seems to be removed from the requirements of the world he may encounter at some point. I can sense some may answer that making a switch by 1st grade would be a simple solution but I would like to know if other parents have had the same questioning and what went on their minds.[/quote]
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