> From: Steven J. Owens[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 4:49 AM > > > > I've also heard that your relationship with your child will be > largely determined by how much you interact with the child before the > age of two. Particularly for fathers, but then again in our culture > fathers tend to have less interaction with infants by default. > supported by research, altho i can't cite any right this second. > The Jesuits used to say "Give me a child until he is seven, and > after that you can do anything you want to him, but he'll be mine for > life." Meaning most of the critical thinking skills are developed > early on. > which is why sesame street & pre-school programs for "at risk" kids have a + payoff -- altho you could never tell it by looking at gov't budgets. kinda like pre-natal care -- spend $ upfront to avoid having to spend $ down the road - our accounting systems/gov't budget processes can't seem to deal with this 'trade-off' issue. > wanted some day to have a large family). It's also an oft-repeated, > hm, fact may be too strong, leading theory perhaps, that the > student-teacher ratio is overwhelmingly the most important factor in > determining how well the students in a school do. > would have trouble w/this as a blanket statement -- think there are LOTS of other factors - which vary w/age of student & what's being taught - but certainly must be a factor. kathy ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
