Submitted by Belinda (not verified) on April 26, 2008 - 14:05.
I agree that we should allow children to be young for as long as they are children. After all, they have only 12 years to be a child, but they have 60+ years to be an adult.
Also, if we had something to offer them after they graduate, I could see the need for pressure to great academic achievement. As it stands now, the moment they graduate they are free to do as they like in terms of their education. Many have no wish to continue in the same pressure cooker they left, and those who want to continue have no means to do so.
Childhood's End: Growing Up Too Fast
Submitted by Belinda (not verified) on April 26, 2008 - 14:05.
I agree that we should allow children to be young for as long as they are children. After all, they have only 12 years to be a child, but they have 60+ years to be an adult.
Also, if we had something to offer them after they graduate, I could see the need for pressure to great academic achievement. As it stands now, the moment they graduate they are free to do as they like in terms of their education. Many have no wish to continue in the same pressure cooker they left, and those who want to continue have no means to do so.