ha - that really IS so amazing that teachers (of all people) could think that they might be able to stop learning from happening. i recently had a hilarious conversation with a high school teacher who had overheard DD casually drawing parallels between equivalent fractions. she was very worried that i was "letting" DD5 learn to reduce fractions at such a young age. uhhh, yeah. i wish that woman joy trying to STOP that sort of thing from happening. smile

Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.