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[quote=Anonymous]I am absolutely amazed that some of the PPs believe an unchallenged child can never be bored. Really?  Have you ever sat through an excruciatingly dull conference (or CLE, lecture, whatever) and found yourself bored?  What options did you have to "investigate"?

Not every school has a policy that allows kids to "investigate".  Great if yours does. My kid's doesn't. Any time that is spent on reading, math, writing, spelling - it's like placing a 10 year old in first grade and hoping they find it scintillating. He loves art because he can do something interesting. He loves science and social studies units because they offer new information. But the rest of the time - reading/writing/math - how does it make sense that he should find this engaging?  Remember how writing sentences like "I will not pull Suzy's hair" was considered a reasonable punishment?  It's because it's a task that is boring as hell and kids won't want to repeat. That's my son's experience at least 60% of the school day. [/quote]

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