Thanks Grinity
In the UK at least we are in a position where there is a huge difference in the achievement of kids depending on social background.
Achievement as measured by our SATS (which we have coped from the US) are falling and, from my own experience, the children seem way behind where I was at a similar age. One commentator here wrote that teachers had become 'glorified childminders'.
We also have a system called 'parents as educators, where the parents assist the teachers at home; In our case is we educate our child since the teacher has told us she knows he has special needs but she can't give him the time as she has 29 other kids. If that isn't a driver for conformity and uniformity then what is?
You really need to read the book to get the picture - if you don't well that's ok - just a different viewpoint along the path we are all travelling on this forum
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