(talking about France here, I can provide some websites with old manuals or student notebooks) Two examples : past simple is no longer required to be studied i

(talking about France here, I can provide some websites with old manuals or student notebooks) Two examples : past simple is no longer required to be studied in primary school and dumb down kid books with much less vocabulary and grammar (actual incorrect grammar) being re-edited like the Enid Blyton (The Famous Five) ones. One needs to understand that kids are spending at least 2 less years in school from 6 to 18. We are lying to the kids, parents and ourselves.