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To: TimF who wrote (780178)	4/16/2014 7:08:59 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574505

The idea that pre school doesn't help kids is just plain nuts. What kids 2.5 years can't learn. Are you kidding? That is when the brain is being formed. I told you the most RECENT research and Stanford, confimed by brin scanes shows rich kids two years ahead of the average poor kid by the age of 5. The reason they say is because in the rich kids world abstract concepts are being explained constantly and it takes practice to learn to understand them. Their research showed in rich kids homes (and academics) the kids hear over a million more words than in poor families. The best case for the kid is both an attentive parent and pre school. You would be hard pressed to find more attentive parents than my kids or more educated, and the entire family (parents and grandparents: 2 PhD scientists, 3 lawyers, an artist and an MPA) worked together picking out the pre school. And they all have advanced degrees and are perfectly capable of teaching the kids pretty much anything. There was never any debate as to whether they would go to pre school or not. Just which one It is sort of funny that most rich people and academics fight over the best pre schools. Most rich people and academics make damn sure their kids go to pre school and sign up for the best ones at birth. It is because it is common knowledge how much pre school helps their children intellectually. The poor would love pre school, but cannot afford it, so their kids suffer. I think society should provide it for them if they want it. If they don't want it they don't have to send them. I am not saying make is compulsory, I am saying make it available!