[PEN-L:31532] authoritarian schools (was: Autism on the rise)

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: authoritarian schools (was: Autism on the rise)

 It's true that schools tend to be excessively regimented. But for what it's worth, that's exactly what's turning my 12 year old son on to education. As someone on the autism spectrum, he's gone from having LOUD tantrums almost every day at school to getting A grades and being proud of it.

We can't generalize from his experience (though this may be possible if autism becomes truly prevalent), but it's also a mistake to generalize too much from our own personal experiences.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Jannuzi
To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 10/23/2002 12:14 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:31527] Re: Autism on the rise

--- Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Oh man, is that ever true!
> > I didn't know the meaning of the word boredom
> until I went to
> school.
> >
> > Joanna
> >
>
> Hey!
>
> What is wrong with schools? Schools are good
> and, in these days,
> I am planning to transfer to Micheal's school.
> Apparently, you
> get to party there a lot.
>
> There is no better school than Chico I would
> say, at least, in
> the US.
>
> Sabri
>

K-12 US style was, for me, like a concentration
camp. University wasn't so bad since so much time
was spent away from it.

C. Jannuzi

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