tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11566442.post5352674251495545966..comments2023-09-16T04:30:01.789-05:00Comments on Help! My Kids Are Smarter than Me!: The Teacher Told Me to Stop "Teaching" my DS6 at HomeThe Princess Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05269338169737025632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11566442.post-49309163465236767482008-03-08T08:21:00.000-06:002008-03-08T08:21:00.000-06:00Hirsch--ugh. I examine a few of his books years ag...Hirsch--ugh. I examine a few of his books years ago and found that I was completely opposed to their basic idea. There is no "correct" order in which children need to learn various subjects, and there is certainly no "set in concrete" body of knowledge which every single person needs to learn. Schools function that way because it's the only way to cope with masses of students, but it's certainly not a recipe for education.CS McClellan/Catanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528100633458181090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11566442.post-2159268525210833302008-03-07T19:19:00.000-06:002008-03-07T19:19:00.000-06:00Thank you for your comment, Robert. Whether Hirsch...Thank you for your comment, Robert. Whether Hirsch would say it or not, the fact that he has published an entire series of "What Your Nth Grader Needs to Know" sort of negates the idea that there is no "right grade". If not, then of what use are the guides?The Princess Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269338169737025632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11566442.post-31436758313868827582008-03-07T17:52:00.000-06:002008-03-07T17:52:00.000-06:00I'm not sure Hirsch would say there's a "right age...I'm not sure Hirsch would say there's a "right age" to learn things, merely that learning should be sequential and cumulative--knowledg building on knowledge. <BR/><BR/>No argument that schools fail the gifted, however. I saw it every day as a teacher.<BR/><BR/>Robert Pondiscio<BR/>rpondiscio@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com