There should not be preschool

Thank you for your reply, it is nice to see you again. I hope your computer did not suffer any permanent damage. Rebuttals “I think that kids should learn the basics of social etiquette from their parents.” According to Jean Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development, teaching manners and appropriate social behavior is vastly different from teaching an adult. Since birth until around age 7 or 8, it is normal for a child to make selfish decisions or exhibiting lack of understanding others’ perspective, this is called ‘egocentrism’, which falls in during the Preoperational stage of cognitive development. With egocentrism, the child is unable to understand others’ view of themselves or even what others see—children at this age may unknowingly block you from the view of television. Ergo, teaching even very basic social etiquette may be an extremely difficult task, it may even be useless since the child’s brain has not been developed enough to accommodate such a cognitive milestone. Source: [1] http://psychology.about.com... “...and i happen to know someone in the daycare system, and they run it out of their house. she can house by herself around 10 kids. Most of those kids are 1-4 years old. She normally only has 7 kids. But how can a teacher teach anything but colors to 20 kids...” On the contrary, in a typical American preschool, preschool class sizes do not have a ratio of teacher-per-student greater than 1:10, and is usually assisted with an assistant or a student volunteer. These teachers are not amateur teachers with no related studies in teaching, but most of them must pass training and even a university degree. According to the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) 87% of preschool teachers possess a 4-year Bachelor’s degree. On the other hand, only 31-47% of daycare teachers do have a Bachelor’s degree. Source: [2] http://nieer.org... “Little kids need to bond with their parents before they are shoved in a room with 20 other kids who have no idea how to behave themselves.” As I said before, 20 children per class is an exaggeration. Children are more likely to be raised by ‘helicopter parents’ than in a preschool. Helicopter parenting is dangerous to a child’s dependence at later stages of life. Preschool teachers are instructed not to stop conflicts between children, but teach them how to get along with other children. Opening Argument Educational Development According to numerous studies, preschool is very beneficial to a child’s long-term achievements. Research done by NIEER indicated that children from poor family backgrounds can benefit greatly from preschool and have a much higher high school graduation rate than those who did not join preschool. Additionally, preschool can indeed increase social behavior, children will learn to cooperate as a group better in elementary or middle school if these skills are practiced in preschool. Statistically, colorado kindergarten teachers reported that 1/3rd of their students are not prepared to learn, which are the same group of children who did not attend preschool Source: [3] http://www.dpp.org..., [4] http://nieer.org... Social Development Preschool can extinguish sensitivity to racial and cultural difference, consequently in the near future, may put an end to racism for good. Another statistics revealed that adults who entered early education make better health decisions as well. Source: [3] http://www.dpp.org... Footnotes: [1] http://psychology.about.com... [2] http://nieer.org... [3] http://www.dpp.org... [4] http://nieer.org...