I found this interesting Ted talk by Orson Scott Card. I can relate. I’ve watched as several of my children’s teachers have tried to beat creativity and enjoyment out of my children with their supposedly “creative” assignments. Considering all the anguish over “reading response reports” it’s amazing my children still like to read. Glenn H. Reynolds says that more and more, sending your children to a public school is looking like parental malpractice. Fortunately that’s not been our experience over-all, but there are days (and teachers) that make me wonder.