my son attended a Montessori magnet school for a while at one point and did really really well. Unfortunately the school was run by the public school system in Jacksonville FL, so there were a lot of things wrong with it as well, playground security being the big issue for us at the time. But it's a nice paradigm for learning, imho.
On 2/5/07, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that most learning should be intuitive. However, it is a lot > easier when a person has recall of basic facts, especially basic math > facts like 6x7=42. > > By the way, my wife and I went to view a Montessori school that we > considered for our daughter. I really liked the set up. They teach a > lot of self reliance and learn how to learn skills. In the end, we > couldn't afford the school though. > > I would love to see vouchers pass. I think they will one day, but too > late for my children. In my opinion, it would be the best thing to > happen to the public school system. Once there is competion, the > product improves. Of course, that opens up a whole new can of worms. > I am sure that many will disagree. However, I used to be a teacher > and my wife still works in the education. I am not jumping on a > vouchers bandwagon, but basing it on what I have seen as a teacher and > parent. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
