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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who would have thought a pedagogy designed for ECE that was stretched (poorly) to upper ES and wouldn't work in MS or HS. Seriously, this is a SHOCKING development.

Do to an ES open house and ask this. The [insert dumb name of tour guide here] will try and shame you and subtly suggest that if you have to ask you shouldn't attend.[/quote]

Exactly correct. Montessori is great until maybe 2nd grade. [/quote]

+1.  It’s terrible for upper elementary and disaster for middle and high.  It’s rare the 100% internally driven child.  Kids need structure, direction, equal time in all subjects, no matter strengths or weaknesses [b]but especially the weakness[/b].
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Especially the bolded. If you think even a kid who is "100% internally driven" (whatever the hell that means) can or should be deciding what they want to do and study and how then you are a bad parent. [/quote]

Properly structured Montessori will guide the child and decide what they should be studying. It’s just more about choice (I.e. choosing from one of a few activities the practices fractions instead of being given one option) and the lessons are more hands on. It’s not a free for all. [/quote]

Two things:

1. "Properly guided" is the escape hatch all Montessori boosters use. Anytime it fails it was because it wasn't properly implemented. Miraculously it seems to be best implemented in high income areas. Weird...

2. In ECE. That does not work in MS or HS. We have enough entitled teens and 20 somethings who think the world revolves around them and they shouldn't have to work or be told "no". Stop trying to make more! [/quote]

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