> I've wondered what would happen if we scrapped the most useless 30% of my state's school curriculum and instead replaced it with reading time. At our kids sc

> I've wondered what would happen if we scrapped the most useless 30% of my state's school curriculum and instead replaced it with reading time. At our kids school they operate a (third-party) web-based reading comprehension test linked with many books available in the school library. Kids can collects points in their account on this system if they correctly answer questions about the books they've borrowed and read. Our eldest has now amassed by far the most points that any child in the school has ever had. His teacher is convinced it's somehow to do with him chasing lots of points. We, on the other hand, are convinced it's just because he really enjoys reading, and that we have no TV in the house and an awful lot of books...