Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 25, 2008 - 05:21.
I so agree with this wonderfully written article. I recall fondly my own kindergarten experience in 1970 - with its arts and craftsy discovery centers and singing and stories. It was where I learned to love school and love learning, something I carried with me even through the rigors of grad school. Now I watch my own daughter, in kindergarten in a public school not unlike the writer's, drag her feet to the school bus everyday, complain ad nauseam about worksheets, and have temper tantrums about the nightly 'busy-work' homework. She has never had a chance to learn to love learning.
Childhood's End: Growing Up Too Fast
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 25, 2008 - 05:21.
I so agree with this wonderfully written article. I recall fondly my own kindergarten experience in 1970 - with its arts and craftsy discovery centers and singing and stories. It was where I learned to love school and love learning, something I carried with me even through the rigors of grad school. Now I watch my own daughter, in kindergarten in a public school not unlike the writer's, drag her feet to the school bus everyday, complain ad nauseam about worksheets, and have temper tantrums about the nightly 'busy-work' homework. She has never had a chance to learn to love learning.