I held our monthly PTA meeting with our very active, very vocal committee this week. Over tea and biscuits I was once again challenged to explain why our children, when leaving us for school, were not as able to perform as our competitors'. When those ones leave for school, apparently they are all able to write their name, the letters of the alphabet, numbers up to 20 - my parents know this as they have seen all the worksheets!
As I sat there emphatically defending the development of the child from within, to become a confident learner ready and eager to embrace the experiences school will bring, I began to get the feeling I was the only sane person in an insane world.
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