"Jean B." > wrote in
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> Gee, Lee, I thought my daughter had it bad. How long were you
> tortured in public school?

well, i went to kindergarten through half of 2nd grade in NY, and
that was ok. they were very accomodating of keeping me in somewhat
challenging work & letting me assist teaching other kids in my class
to read.
when we moved to MA in the second half of second grade things
immediately went straight to hell... i was supposed to be a stupid
little drone. i don't do stupid little drone well at all. so, 10.5
years of torture.
there are *so* many reasons my kid doesn't go to public school. i
just can't do that to a bright kid... and my town's elementary school
is really awful.
lee