Digital Crumble

Crumbly on the outside, sweet and squishy inside. An attempt to bake sense into my online wanderings.

Jul 21
“It’s no longer enough to have Junior learning at his grade level. He has to be, testing-wise, one or two notches ahead (Unintentional end result: A classroom of bored, poorly behaved tykes). It’s no longer OK for Junior to have little to do after school, free time to use as he sees fit. No, now you’re either signing your child up for myriad organized activities, or you’ve somehow allowed him to fall behind. Everything revolves around success, success, success, success.” Parents, why are you pushing your kids? - CNN.com
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Stephanie Booth. Stephanie Booth is a freelance internet geek who lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. Digital Crumble is where she dumps all sorts of interesting stuff she finds online.

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