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Dear Readers:
This issue of The Way Home, we offer you articles by two of the most popular writers we have had the pleasure of publishing. First, Diane Flynn Keith’s “Preschool Is a Boring Waste of Time”, a hilarious look at more absurdity from the public school world. Secondly, the well-known 30-year veteran of New York City schools, John Taylor Gatto, provides deep social insight about the “Corporatizing of Children.” We hope that you benefit from these thought-provoking pieces and as always, thank you for reading our publications.
Michael Leppert
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Preschool Is A Stupid, Boring Waste Of My Time!
by Diane Flynn Keith
Editor of Homefires, the Journal of Homeschooling Online, www.homefires.com
Recently, a reporter from a parenting newsmagazine called me and requested an interview for an article to be titled, "Homepreschooling Preschool." "Homeschooling preschool?" I asked in disbelief. The reporter assured me that I had heard correctly. She wanted to find out why some parents opt out of institutional preschools to teach their toddlers and little ones at home. I agreed to talk with her and was barraged with questions. Why should parents homepreschool instead of sending their kids to preschool? How do parents know if they are qualified to teach their preschooler? Wouldn’t a certified teacher be better qualified to teach a preschooler? Wouldn’t a school have better resources and more stimulating activities than a home? What can parents do to stimulate their preschooler’s learning at home? Where can parents get preschool curriculum? What are some of the drawbacks to homepreschool? Will a homepreschooled child be accepted to Kindergarten? What about socialization?
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The Guerrilla Curriculum
by John Taylor Gatto
On the Corporatizing of Children
Falconers have no difficulty understanding that to carry a falcon on one's arm in opposition to its nature you have to put a bag over it's head; and horsemen know that a fast horse can be made to run more slowly by adding lead weights to its body; why is it so difficult to acknowledge then that some people might want to transfer these principles of mechanical intervention known to animal trainers to the scientific management of human children? That is to say, to impede their natures in interest of something more important to a manager.
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