I fully agree to this and couldn't have said it better. I don't get why children so young have to be forced into such regimented structure let alone the testing they put them through. These tests are even responsible for funneling them based on how they performed...it's like the system is completely setting up kids to fail and not even seeing most children's' potential let alone taking any semblance of care in their own interests. I'm currently beginning to homeschool more my 5 year old instead of putting her into public school Kindergarten, after all I have learned so far this is the best I can do by her and I hope it serves us to keep doing it. There is only one type of school I had learned about that was child driven learning and unfortunately they are no where near me geographically and for some reason never "caught on" enough to be available widely in the U.S. Not saying it is perfect but it was the only one that was in the spirit of what I was seeking.