enigma wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> 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
>
OH....... I do SO understand this. (I am sorry that I do, though.)

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Jean B.