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[quote=Anonymous]Part of the problem is that the curriculum is so prescriptive; there's no room for deviation, even when it could be educationally positive.

For example, our ES kid has a strong interest in a topic that is not currently a subject of study at school.

One day last year, we were taking a walk after school and talking about this topic. (He was trying to figure out how to find a group of people IRL--not online--who are into the same thing.) I said: "To start with, are any of your friends at school interested in this?"

Kid's response: "We never have time to talk about that kind of stuff in school. They might not even know that I really like it."

And thinking about the schedule of the day, it's probably true.

The interest is something that could be a lens for an almost infinite number of school subjects. But we can't afford to send him to private school, where that kind of thing might be done. And he finds ways to engage outside of school, so: it is what it is.

But that conversation gave me a really visceral sense of how regimented the school experience is, and why older kids would vote with their feet so often.

I would too, under the conditions as I understand them. [/quote]

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