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From: mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: re: daycare
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Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 23:18:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  3 23:18:17 1983
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Who says children are ready to enter school at age 5 or 6, you ask?
There is some dispute over this.  around here they have "readiness"
programs for schoolage children deemed not ready to enter school
().  Unfortunately the public schools *still* appear to have everything
backwards.  Readiness to enter school isn't defined as willingness
or ability to learn; it's defined in terms of coordination and 
social ability.  Of course, this shouldn't be surprising; this is
the same public school system where money goes toward facilities
(rugs in the halls and fancy gym equipment) and not in paying teachers
anywhere near reasonable salaries.

Mark Mallett
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