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dlk

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19. The goad is to create obedient automatons who are incapable of thinking for themselves
Sat Apr 6, 2024, 08:23 AM
Apr 2024

We see them all around us.

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My guess is somebody in authority wants to get the kids used to being watched bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #1
Missing CloudWatcher Apr 2024 #2
I subbed at a school that had a 25-30 minute lunch. Phoenix61 Apr 2024 #3
One of the points of kindergarten is peer interaction/ social skill acquisition. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #4
Play, unstructured and structured is the most important developmental task for children kindergarten age dlk Apr 2024 #5
My mother, an experienced preschool educator, was hire to consult for an "underpriveledged" preschool MadameButterfly Apr 2024 #8
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again, but expecting different results dlk Apr 2024 #18
Play is so important. MontanaMama Apr 2024 #10
So which is it? Biophilic Apr 2024 #6
The goad is to create obedient automatons who are incapable of thinking for themselves dlk Apr 2024 #19
I'm sorry, but this is just plain sick; snot Apr 2024 #7
But hey the school might be able to score higher on some kind of measure IbogaProject Apr 2024 #21
Do not question the rules, just obey or you will regret it. School. twodogsbarking Apr 2024 #9
Same kind of thing with my kids decades ago. If the lunchroom talking got too loud, pnwmom Apr 2024 #11
Sounds like a Republican idea of 'freedom' to me. louis-t Apr 2024 #12
This trend of turning kindergarten into a full day sitting at a desk doing worksheets has gotten totally out of hand. ShazzieB Apr 2024 #13
It takes me that long just to open and assemble my Lunchables JoseBalow Apr 2024 #14
And for a five year old??? PatSeg Apr 2024 #15
So they make it impossible for the kids to interact socially at luinch time. patphil Apr 2024 #16
I teach in an elementary school AwakeAtLast Apr 2024 #17
Then Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 #20
15 minutes for lunch especially at that age is insane IbogaProject Apr 2024 #22
As a retired NC High School teacher CRK7376 Apr 2024 #23
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