04-30-2009, 12:07 PM
My thoughts on sheltering kids:
I think kids do need to be sheltered to some extent. I was sent to high school in downtown DC. I'm glad I was at least 14-15 when I started having to take the metro, run from mean homeless guys, and get held up at knife/gun point. I don't think it would have worked out so well if I was sent downtown at age 5.
In other words, I think you start out sheltered, and slowly remove the protective shield that we all install on our newborn babies.
I totally disagree with the idea of having 1st graders on the same bus as 11th graders. That's crazy.
I think kids do need to be sheltered to some extent. I was sent to high school in downtown DC. I'm glad I was at least 14-15 when I started having to take the metro, run from mean homeless guys, and get held up at knife/gun point. I don't think it would have worked out so well if I was sent downtown at age 5.
In other words, I think you start out sheltered, and slowly remove the protective shield that we all install on our newborn babies.
I totally disagree with the idea of having 1st graders on the same bus as 11th graders. That's crazy.
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