Submitted by ADS (not verified) on November 9, 2007 - 18:17.
We are stealing the joy of childhood from our kids. My mom was a grade 3 school teacher, an award winning teacher. She never sent her 3 kids including me to any pre-school or pre-kindergarten. All we attended was a few months of kindergarten and that was it. So we were considered by the system as deficient when we started grade 1. But around grade 4 we caught up and ended up topping our classes and ended up doing very well in life. My mom is no more, but god bless her for her wisdom. She could never fathom the thought that parents would put their small children through this grind, imagining that would get a leg up in life. Children need a lot of love, attention and to be with their parents at this age. That makes them secure, confident and they will bloom on their own. We should not be stealing the joy of their being children for the first 3-4 years of their life. But I am sure the this pre-kindergarten lobby will not let that happen, and I see the reason why. At 10K for a child per year , thats good money.
Let kids be kids
Submitted by ADS (not verified) on November 9, 2007 - 18:17.
We are stealing the joy of childhood from our kids. My mom was a grade 3 school teacher, an award winning teacher. She never sent her 3 kids including me to any pre-school or pre-kindergarten. All we attended was a few months of kindergarten and that was it. So we were considered by the system as deficient when we started grade 1. But around grade 4 we caught up and ended up topping our classes and ended up doing very well in life. My mom is no more, but god bless her for her wisdom. She could never fathom the thought that parents would put their small children through this grind, imagining that would get a leg up in life. Children need a lot of love, attention and to be with their parents at this age. That makes them secure, confident and they will bloom on their own. We should not be stealing the joy of their being children for the first 3-4 years of their life. But I am sure the this pre-kindergarten lobby will not let that happen, and I see the reason why. At 10K for a child per year , thats good money.