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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Until the outrageous expectations and competition stop, we will continue to lose kids.

I have often toyed with the idea of proverbially dropping my kids out of the rat race and placing them at a school like The New School or Howard Gardner. I just want them to love learning, and not spend every night saddled with 6 hours of homework and constant thoughts of not being good enough. [/quote]

One of my sons graduated from the New School. Another one currently attends. My eldest who graduated is in the engineering program at George Mason. He was VERY well-prepared. He's had a couple of his teachers already hold onto his papers/projects as examples for the other students so they can see how he should be done.

What he learned was how to write and how to think for himself. Sure he learned calculus and all that other academic stuff, but their approach is very unique and they approach subjects in-depth, at a level you can't do in a public because the classes are smaller. A lot of the classes tie together. For instance, one year the kids built an amplifier for guitar (a project they picked) and literally built it. In doing so, theory turned into practical learning as they could demonstrate how X causes Y. Fascinating stuff.[/quote]

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