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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I went to Montessori and look how I turned out?
I'd be willing to bet that parents sending their children to schools like Montessori are more involved parents, and therefore you will have reduced crime.
Its rather hard to correlate this sort of thing.
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Note to self: the boys will NOT be going to Rogers Park Monessori now.
The craziest of my sisters-in-law sends their kids to a Waldorff school and drives them an hour each way to get there. As I understand it, it has a similar approach to Montessori but without any structure at all. Her older son, I think, is destined to be beaten up hourly once he gets to high school. His current school encourages the behavior that's going to cause the problems.
I'm all for individuality and allowing children to discover the world on their own terms, but there comes a point where they need to have enough in common with their peers to relate to them as fellow humans, not to mentions Americans.
Is my nephew going to shoot up his school - all signs point to "no" since his parents are both very involved, but if they weren't, I would certainly be worried.