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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
"Age appropriate" blankets are not something you can drape over large, diverse groups of individuals.
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How do you propose that curricula be determined, if not based upon age appropriateness? If there's anything other than a 1:1 ratio of student:teacher, then there will always be the problem of what is 'appropriate' to teach a wide variety of children concurrently.
People don't learn the same way, they don't learn at the same speed, and what one child can handle doesn't mean another can handle the same thing. I read Stephen King at age 11, and my parents were ok with this. Sex, swearing, Scary Things. Does this mean the school should teach King's books in the 5th grade, and parents who object be damned? Of course not! (For the record, I did some independent study on King's books in high school. And got A's.)
waiting for the "bu-bu-but, King's not literary enough to be taught in schools!!!" argument