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Originally posted by WCUAXID
Whenever my husband and I have a child and they attend school I will be sending them to a Montisorri school so they can also learn a different language maybe Spanish or I can choose another language.
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Off topic, I know, but Ms. MysticCat and I once said the same thing.
Then we actually had children.
Montessori schools are really good fits for some kids and really disastrous fits for other kids. Our son would have floundered horribly in a Montessori school, because he really needs structure that Montessori schools, by definition, do not have. Without that structure, he simply doesn't do well.
We are all much happier having him in a public elementary school where he gets that structure, where the curriculum includes an emphasis on arts and science, and where his 20+ classmates include Hispanics, African-Americans, an African and a Muslim (the latter being rather rare in these parts). As far as I'm concerned, learning to interact with people quite different from him and learning that they, too, can be his friends, is one of the best educations he'll get. And I really love the educational value that comes from the mere fact that one Latina classmate is named "America."
The point is, don't enroll the kids yet. Wait until there actually here and you get to know them, and then find the school that both fits your values and your child's specific needs and personality.
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