Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
I think that we're teaching kids to specialize earlier and earlier, and that is not at all a good thing. Breadth is a strength all its own-- in any field or endeavor.

Agreed. Which is why when DD7's principal said in a meeting that the kids need to know what they want to be when they grow up before they leave elementary school, I looked at her like she'd just swallowed a bug.