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[quote=Anonymous]OP, traditional education in this country doesn't really allow children to engage in activities chosen from a set of options.  Classroom time is typically structured with clear learning objectives.  Some teachers may build in some "free choice" time, but part of the initial weeks of school in a traditional classroom are about learning how to operate within a pretty rigidly structured school day.  You're saying MCPS is doing something wrong here.  That's definitely an opinion you are entitled to have.  But I would suggest that MCPS resembles almost every other public school system in the country in this regard.

It really sounds to me like you would prefer a Montessori or progressive education model for your child (who was a girl in the last thread but now seems to be a boy).  It's hard to tell from your posts which would be a better fit, but it sounds like elements of both might appeal to you.  There are many, many private schools in this area that are designed in those frameworks.  You might find that those are a better fit for your family if this incident and the responses you got on the other thread are serving to entrench you in your belief that a child should have free choice of learning activities in a classroom and should be allowed to continue an activity until his focus wanes.  That's possible in certain classrooms.  It's not going to be found in MCPS because that is simply not the educational philosophy that the schools operate under.  I'm not passing judgment either way here, families have to decide what works best for them, but if this incident is upsetting you this much, there are other options.[/quote]

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