Tempting the kids to read.

[elfs]

I have discovered temptations needed to make the girls read. For Kouryou-chan, the temptation was perfect: the lyrics to this song. She spent all day reading the paper over and over and over. Y'know, she's eligible for state-sponsored kindergarten next year. She can already read for content. What the Hell would they do with a kid like her? But now I have to live with her singing it over and over.

For Yamaarashi-chan, the temptation was even better. Uninhabited Planet Survive is a Japanese anime targetted at the same age group that watches Yu-Gi-Oh and those silly things, but it's more mature and much less pointless. The basic story is a group of young kids, some middle school, some high school, are marooned on a distant planet and have to survive. The characters are predictable-- sort of-- and it's a fun show. The Japanese is right about where I am in my lessons, so it's excellent practice for me. And the subtitles are just fast enough that Yamaarashi-chan can read them and follow along, if she works at it. And she wants to. We've watched the first six episodes over the past week and had a good time doing so.

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[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Y'know, she's eligible for state-sponsored kindergarten next year. She can already read for content. What the Hell would they do with a kid like her?

Hell is not too far off. She's got good enough bullshit detectors that she might get by... or they might try to force Ritalin on her. I don't know what the state of the indoctrination centers is down there, but if it was me, I'd be doing everything I could to see that she went elsewhere. Heck, if you need me to come down and run a bake sale, I'll do it.

I look at it this way. When I'm old enough to retire, she'll be old enough to run for President... and I want the best President we can get. Call it enlightened self-interest.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Well, the starting age was different, but I was once a smart kid too, and had problems at school with teachers who were a not of the highest calibre. Ended up being shunted off to an educational psychologist who was, thank $_DEITY, good enough at his job to not need to do anything, beyond keeping an eye on things.

But maybe the whole business is at the roots of how my life turned out.

So, yeah, be careful. Look to what choices you have. Because this is maybe the most important choice you'll have next year. Makes even Presidential elections a bit trivial.