[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Innocence lost, much too early

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Innocence lost, much too early
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1228543695.shtml


   [1]Kids not ready for kindergarten cost Minnesota schools $113 million
   a year says the headline in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It's the
   kids fault? It's the parents' fault for letting their young kids do
   what they do best during those precious years of innocence?
   The idea of testing to get into Kindergarten still makes no sense to
   me. In fact it annoys me. Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone until
   they're five. They have a lifetime of learning and responsibility
   ahead. Let them laugh and play and develop as they should until then,
   without such yokes of burden.
   The real headline should be: "Kindergartens not ready for kids cost
   Minnesota schools ..."

References

   1. http://www.startribune.com/local/36860224.html