[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by CC1

Back in 1988 when my daughtger was four years old our church allowed a private Christian school to come in and make a presentation.

This was not one of those schools staffed by uneducated church members but a classical school with degreed teachers who taught in the manner this thread refers to.

At the orientation session introducing the school the principle showed us text books for elementary school from the late 1800's and early 20th century. They were books you not expect until High School today.

We enrolled my daughter in their kindergarten at the age of 4 and by the end of the year she could read and write cursive. The school relocated about an hour away from our house and she was unable to attend beyond kindergarten which I hated.

I remember when I went to her classroom seeing the first grade classes end of the year essay's pinned to the hallway walls. They did not just take one or two exceptional students papers but every single students papers were up there and they were amazing. By the end of the first grade these kids were all writing papers you would be hard pressed to see until the 6th grade in public schoo.

The principal said that children rise to the level of the expectation and the expectations are exceedingly low in today's educational system.

Indeed...