Tuesday, October 19
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The curriculum
[journal]I remember hearing stories about people failing kindergarten or grade one and thinking to myself, how could anyone fail? You don't do anything in those grades. But now that I'm here working, I think that these students have to do a lot, possibly even too much. Everyday in class we're pushing shapes, colours, numbers, writing, reading, art, and even math. I think pushing the senior kindergarten students and the grade one students is okay, but the juniors, the kids 3 or 4 years old should not be forced to sit in a chair and learn so much.
The main focus of junior kindergarten should be social. Get them used to society and other students, manners and communication. But to lay on the work for them just makes them develop an unhealthy opinion of school. I want all of them to be able to go home to their parents and say, "School is fun."
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