"Jean B." > wrote in
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> Oh, you sound sooooo like my daughter. Public school ruined her
> love of learning, and turned her into someone who rarely reads a
> real book. (She was an avid reader before the teacher insisted
> she read books at grade level--books she had read way before she
> started school.)

i was way to hooked on reading to let school ruin it. the 2nd
grade teacher in Billerica was an idiot, and i more or less told
her as much, although it was along the lines of 'i know how to
read, so i can learn anything i want *when* i want, and i'm only
here because the law says i have to be'. needless to say, that
didn't endear me to her any. i don't remember if that was before or
after she took the copy of Clark's Childhood's End i was reading.
she wouldn't even give it back to my mom, so mom bought me another
copy.

> If I had things to do over again, I would have home-schooled her
> from day 1. I was worried about socialization though.... Heh.
> THAT didn't work too well for many of her school years though.

home schooling was unheard of in the 60s, or i bet my parents
would have done so as well. they were pretty good about backing me
up anyway.
lee