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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you guys not remember middle school?!

There was real learning in high school.  But not middle school.  It isn't a race.  14 is just fine to start hard core academics (especially if the student is emotionally and academically ready from a  positive middle school experience).  I hope my kids read a lot of books in middle school.  I hope they do projects and follow their interests. Home schooling middle school would be great for this but I'm not prepared to homeschool, so I am looking at what is happening re charters and considering progressive private schools that end in 8th grade.[/quote]

I'm the "life is fascinating" PP.   Yes, I remember middle school (aka, junior high) well.  I also have a middle schooler right now, in a DC independent school.

while not denying your point that the social piece is important in MS ... I remember very, very well my advanced math classes (algebra, mostly) and an incredibly inspiring math teacher who stunk to high heaven and spit when he spoke, but was also a math genius who taught us so well.

I remember a bitch of an English teacher who taught me grammar well enough that I went on to edit my high school's newspaper and later become a professional editor.

I remember being so proud that, while in middle school, I tested well enough on an aptitude test that I tested out of "basic Spanish" that everyone else had to take.  Instead, I was offered challenge German (?!) with a handful of other students  with, again, a bitch of a teacher who taught us so well that I can still read German text 30 years later.

I could go on, but I think you get the my point.  Presently, my MS is also preoccupied with the social piece AND learning moderately well.   It's uneven, due to uneven teaching ability, I'll give you that.   i.e., his history classes are better than science, etc.[/quote]

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