When I went over to Artisan's today (a daily ritual and sometimes more than that) I saw a bunch of high school kids sitting in the window seats and at first I was puzzled. Then I remembered hearing that they are in the middle of midterms.

When I was in high school, I'm not even sure if we had midterms. I was lucky enough to be in the second or third class that was allowed to leave for finals as seniors (all underclassmen were stuck inside all day). I remember that I had a 9 a.m. final the one day, but other than that, I don't think I did anything cool like hang out at the coffee shop (ok, we didn't have a coffee shop to hang out at, but you get the idea). I'm not even sure I stayed up late.

It got me thinking about how much education has changed since I've been in school. My sister, who has a Elementary Education degree said that education is like a pendulum between schools of thought. I guess we're getting to the more liberal side of the pendulum, with more freedom for students, the popularity of montessoris and inclusion in the classroom.

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Laurie Perini