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[quote=Anonymous]We moved our kids from Maury to Burgundy, and couldn't disagree more with the previous poster. At Maury, it was all worksheets, all the time. At Burgundy, the kids are happy and challenged. They learn about ancient Egypt (and math, and science, etc), by building pyramids, mummifying mice and giving them Pharaonic burials in sarcophagi made by the students. They "travel" the Underground Railway on paths in the woods at night, ducking away from "bounty hunters" and trying to get to Canada. They transform their classrooms into Silk Road trading posts. They build medieval machines to study basic physics.

Are they "behind" their public school peers on some particular skills? I don't know and I don't care. School shouldn't be a race to master little chunks of information. It should be a place where children learn how to learn, and learn that learning is rewarding for its own sake. Our kids get that at Burgundy, and they sure weren't getting that at Maury. In the long run, I have a feeling all those Burgundy kids are going to just fine in life. [/quote]

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