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[quote=Anonymous]Rigolous curriculum does not mean lack of sports or extra curricular activities.
I went to school overseas -- 5 different countries until High School. In every country I studied in at least 2 different languages. Emphasis was on academics, yet I was able to do instrumental music, tennis, cooking and sewing after school. All the extra curricular activities were taught at a high level and we really had to work at them or else give up the space for someone was indeed interested.
What I am seeing here is the fact that children waste a lot of time in school, with minimal learning in a maximum span of time. Nurturing creativity, or learning a subject does not mean dragging something for weeks and months, as if there is nothing else children need to be exposed to. I am in such a shock when I compare what my child is  learning in the capital of the US to my friends kids', many of them living in developing countries with minimal access to techonology. When people waste time wi th meetings and staff developing and curriculum wri ting and non stop planning, valuable time is wasted.[/quote]

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