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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you guys not remember middle school?!

There was real learning in high school.  But not middle school.  It isn't a race.  14 is just fine to start hard core academics (especially if the student is emotionally and academically ready from a  positive middle school experience).  I hope my kids read a lot of books in middle school.  I hope they do projects and follow their interests. Home schooling middle school would be great for this but I'm not prepared to homeschool, so I am looking at what is happening re charters and considering progressive private schools that end in 8th grade.[/quote]

I have to disagree. When I was in middle school, that's when school got really serious. I was in an advanced English class and for the first time in my life I received a D. It was shock and a wake up call. That English teacher did a real favor for me because she taught me how to construct a essay, and that carried with me into undergrad. I will never forget her. [/quote]

I learned how to organize an essay from a great teacher my freshmen year of high school and carried that blueprint through all my academics.  I do remember sentence diagramming in middle school - that was fun.  I also remember reading lots of books on my own (and getting in trouble in class for it). That's about it academically. But I could write you pages and pages about the girls I went to school with.  That is where all my attention was - and I wish what I learned from all those interactions was more positive and useful since it is emblazoned on my mind for all eternity.  But the school didn't focus on social at all - it focused on its academic curriculum, about which I remember nothing except the parts of a sentence. And I was in all advanced classes and did great on standardized tests and decent in grades.[/quote]

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