What was your class size and did you have a student with a low I.Q.?

Teachers have fake oversimplifications (the formulaic 5 paragraph  
essay) and dumb rules in school to reach the students we have.  I  
think your son has a level of intellectual curiosity that many adults  
will never have.

By the way, if that teacher hadn't introduced that rule, you and your  
son wouldn't have had that great discussion.


On May 17, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Brett Reynolds wrote:

> If a seven-year-old can notice a discrepancy between what he's  
> being told and what he sees, and if he can understand the facts of  
> grammar with a little Socratic questioning, why do we teach all  
> these fake oversimplifications?
>

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