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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was diagramming sentences in 4th grade. [b]They don't even start grammar until middle here[/b]. It is a very strange slow mindless curriculum. And I agree with a PP. Most kids suck at writing. They hardly offer anything with critical thinking and process. And don't get me started on the severe lack of science in ES[/quote]

I don't know what you mean by "start grammar". My kids were learning parts of speech in kindergarten or first grade. They also did "Daily Oral Language" in 1-3, which involves correcting sentences with incorrect punctuation and/or non-standard English, which I actually could have done without.

Also, there is a lot more writing and presenting under Curriculum 2.0, and I think that's a good thing.

Diagramming sentences can be fun, if you're somebody who likes diagramming sentences, but I think that there are more useful things to learn in school. And as far as I know, the idea of diagramming sentences is a purely American thing. Nobody else did/does it. Why?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/22/341898975/a-picture-of-language-the-fading-art-of-diagramming-sentences[/quote]

There is something call sentence structure.  Many (even graduates with advanced degrees) do not know how to properly structure a sentence with all kinds of grammatical errors littering their writing.  This is where diagramming sentences can help someone understand proper sentence structure.  However if you are an employer that doesn't care about such things, then you can hire the poor souls who never learned to write properly.[/quote]

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