> Half the argument against teaching certain things at young ages seems to derive from a mistaken belief that "THIS is fun, THAT is work". Kids aren't born thinking certain things are fun or not fun. If you make arithmetic, reading or anything else a game, little kids will have fun doing it. If you force them to sit down and play with blocks in a certain prescribed manner for four hours a day, they'll think of that as work, and they'll hate it. Give me a break. My parents taught me to read at an adult level before I started school, and I never thought I was being forced into anything or losing my childhood. It was fun.

I learnt to read very early on and read Arthur Hailey's "Airport" when I was ten. I loved reading the serious novels and stuff. My English Teacher was highly impressed too.