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[quote=Anonymous]1976 in Boston suburb. My mom tells me she found my K teacher asleep with her head on her desk one day! There must be some story there, since my mom said it sympathetically, as in "it was a rough year." I still have scars all over my hands from the wood shop (we got to saw and hammer unsupervised which obviously was a lot of fun). I remember climbing an enormous tree and wandering in a milkweed patch during recess, out of view of any adults, as well as being disciplined for throwing a hard berry up in the air that randomly came down and split a little girl's skull open (surface wound but lots of blood & very dramatic). I have no memory of academics & I'm pretty sure it was a half-day program. Although lots of us knew how to read, I remember no academics until the excruciatingly boring phonics lessons in 1st grade that we gutted out while waiting for non-reading peers to catch up. 1st was definitely considered the developmentally-appropriate time to learn to read.[/quote]

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