to think children should not be taught

[Samcro]

anything in schools?

sorry me being silly but just looked at all the thread titles in active and had to add one

They don't teach anything in schools.

I ask DS every day what he's been up to and he always says 'nothing'.

Yes they do nothing in my Dcs school too. Somedays theyre so busy doing nothing they dont even get lunch!

mine used to say that

Another one whos DC does nothing all day.

Lots of home educators take an automenous learning approach which can work with the right child.

My DD is doing a levels. The only things I've heard about this week are playing sleeping lions and having a story time. I don't think she's been taught anything since she was 4

definitely nothing all day here for ds.

dd has startted to learn stuff but did not learn anything for several years.

My DD does nothing, plays with nobody and can't even remember what she had for lunch.

Mine does nothing of note. Unless grandad asks him, and then it's amazing the amount they do. Hmph.

My daughter apparently gets stickers for doing nothing!!

Dd only ever does "maths", which is an improvement from the "nothing" they did last year. There is always only "sweetcorn" for lunch.

My DD does nothing, plays with no one, sits on her own in class...me thinks she is learning the art of espionage

Glad mine aren't the only ones who do and learn nothing. The only thing DS remembers from school is what he imagines he had for lunch (he makes it up) and DD sees no-one, eats nothing, does nothing and learns nothing. Sometimes they get stickers for doing extra nothing.

DS learns nothing too! I asked him to tell me one thing he had learnt yesterday and he replied 'Well, we don't really learn anything, we just have fun'. I'm fairly sure they are sneaking a bit of knowledge into his brain sometimes though.

I thought it was only Montessori schools where they do fuck all?

DS does stuff. He must do, because something's happened that he "can't remember" or "forgot".

May be the teachers are aliens and wipe the children's memories before they leave the building.

Mine also gets Dojo points for doing nothing, all he does is play Transformers all day and oh yes, he's very good as he eats raisins every lunchtime. Riiighhht! Seems to spend quite a lot of time using a black marker pen each day though, judging from his shirts

My son's reception class mostly learn about dinosaurs, apparently. Sometimes lunch. Once the answer was "thank you" and once "tidying up". When I ask what he had for lunch, that is usually dinosaurs too.

I get "played with Friend and Friend's DSis."

No, they should be educated, which means "to draw out", i.e. to draw out their potential. They should not be trained as the government seems to think they should be.

My dd also does nothing at school most day. Also everyone is consistently "fine".

When DD grows up she wants to stay home and do nothing like Mommy .. so shes learning to do nothing at school...

My DS apparently does nothing at school and definitely doesn't eat lunch (it's virtually always untouched when it comes home) but he seems very tired by the end of the week. I think Rainbow's Alien suggestion is probably correct.

DD2 had just started primary school. Nobody plays with her all day and, worse than that, nobody is kind to her either - not even the teachers. At lunch time they leave her locked in the classroom with an empty tray while the rest if the class go eat.

Luckily I have DD1 to spy on her and on more than one occasion she's been spotted in the dinner hall eating chicken curry and ice cream, while surrounded on all sides by her many friends from nursery

Dd never plays with anyone, and ds regularly has his minuscule lunch thrown on the floor by the teachers.

My DS did at least have lunch all through primary - and would tell me what they had for pudding - sponge and chocolate custard a favourite. Now he has the odd band practice too. Things are looking up!