I agree with this assessment. There are very, very, very significant differences between the brains of children and adults that should profoundly affect the way

I agree with this assessment. There are very, very, very significant differences between the brains of children and adults that should profoundly affect the way we approach them. I don't argue that we're doing education correctly now, but to blindly treat children as adults would be a mistake. As to the author's experiences teaching himself French—the plural of anecdote is not data.