(December 18, 2013 at 4:54 am)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: That religion enters into it at all about kills me. School also starts MUCH too early. The first 4-5 years of schooling slowly agonize over addition and subtraction (and also multiplication and division), and are primarily memorization-based. All of these things could be, and in my humble opinion should be, covered briefly around the time they are, say, ten. You know... when their brain develops to the point where it is capable of doing each of these things at a reasonable speed?
And don't even talk to me about grammar and general lingual mastery... because even starting them in at 3-6: they're shit at it. I really don't think another 4-7 years of them struggling to do basic tasks is going to do anything for them except cause a strong sense of resentment. I refuse to believe they are actually this stupid.
I have to disagree with you Lil. I learned how to read when I was three, so when I started school (one year earlier than I should have) when I was six, my teacher had to give me the reading material for the third grade in order to give me enough challenge. Though, the whole idea of having to start school at a certain age is quite ridiculous, one should start when one's ready. Age has not necessarily anything to do with it.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
