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I was challenging that; I think that the reason Montessori kids do better isn't because Montessori is genius, but because it's more in tune with how kids learn
by araneae 16y ago
I was challenging that; I think that the reason Montessori kids do better isn't because Montessori is genius, but because it's more in tune with how kids learn naturally. It's more that standard education is bad, not the Montessori is good.
- arn 16y agoBut it's still so wrong. Even if we can agree standard education is bad, that doesn't make everything else good by default. Including just "let your kid do things he finds interesting and take him to museums and crap".
- three14 16y agoHow do you know that the Montessori method is what makes Montessori good, though, rather than the GP's theory?
- arn 16y agoIt doesn't matter. It seems there has been a least one study that suggests Montessori is "better" than standard school (the premise of this whole discussion). But to try to extend that to say that almost anything BUT standard school is good puts a huge burden of proof on the original poster. If a>b, it doesn't automatically make c-z better than b too.