The Age
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·1 hour ago
Slow down the school syllabus, it’s producing five-year-old nihilists
A grandfather laments that formal schooling is stripping childhood wonder from his five-year-old grandson, Pip, who has become cynically world-weary after just three months. The boy now dismisses imaginative play and questions details with precocious logic, claiming "I just knew it" when asked about his rapid intellectual development. The grandfather worries the accelerated curriculum robs children of innocent enchantment.
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