Melissa Tyson (mvtyson@hotmail.com)
Wed, 02 Feb 2000 23:30:41 GMT
>
>Something like that couldn't fix the problem -- you have to take children
>seriously their WHOLE lives, there isn't and never will be a magic age...
>
>~woty
Yes, but you also have to wake people up and find a way to drag them out of
their chaos fearing, sugar-coated, pseudo-world. Maybe one year at a time
is a good way to wean them. Maybe enlightening them to the simple fact that
their system the way it is doesn't work for everyone, is the way to go.
Maybe those who advocate alternatives should admit that options mean options
and realize that SOME people, SOME children included, actually favor
regimented systems and draw comfort from the fact that there is going to be
someone to tell them what to do and where to do it.
Perhaps when someone is willing to offer a plan that varies current
structure we should keep an open mind as we ask others to keep their minds
open instead of simply dismissing their ideas out of hand.
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