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NCTraveler

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18. The tough thing about groups of fifteen year olds.
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:47 AM
May 2018

Is how diverse their level of maturity is.

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Only his parents truly know what he's likely ready for Blue_Adept May 2018 #1
Yes, I plan to mention it to them. MoonRiver May 2018 #3
Yes agree. But in general when I think back to what I was exposed to early WITH the opportunity to hlthe2b May 2018 #5
I agree complete Blue_Adept May 2018 #7
Indeed. This is the parent's ultimate decision. hlthe2b May 2018 #9
I like the fact that my parents never intervened IluvPitties May 2018 #12
is it intervening in school's curriculum or complementing it? hlthe2b May 2018 #14
Fantastic! IluvPitties May 2018 #2
I agree! MoonRiver May 2018 #4
I'm not sure any accurate book about Coloniasm in Africa is going to be an undisturbing read el_bryanto May 2018 #6
Very true, and that is what he told me. MoonRiver May 2018 #8
Where is his school? Amazed some haven't attacked the course as 'unAmerican', ie bobbieinok May 2018 #10
Everyone is different, but by the time I was 15, MineralMan May 2018 #11
If he reads science fiction, you might push Nisi Shawl's Everfair at him catrose May 2018 #13
Give him and let him read three others malaise May 2018 #15
Thanks malaise! MoonRiver May 2018 #16
excellent book! Javaman May 2018 #17
The tough thing about groups of fifteen year olds. NCTraveler May 2018 #18
Talk to the teacher JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #19
Will definitely be a shocker. Are you ready for a kid who knows the worst of humanity at 15? applegrove May 2018 #20
The Belgian colonists were the worst IronLionZion May 2018 #21
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