[ranbato]

We put our 2 oldest kids in Montessori.

The oldest one loved it and thrived in Montessori and stayed in it until we started a Charter school to avoid the local Middle School.

The second one HATED Montessori and we had to move him out to the local elementary school.

In the end it came down to personality. The second kid had a personality that just wouldn't work in a Montessori environment. He would do what he wanted to when he wanted to and would refuse to be redirected in any way, shape or form. Same school, mostly the same teachers, but totally opposite outcomes.

[csa]

> He would do what he wanted to when he wanted to and would refuse to be redirected in any way, shape or form.

In what way did a kid with this disposition like traditional school more?

Did your kid respond better to a more rigid structure?

Or was it something else?

[ranbato]

It was the rigid structure.

Until he was a junior in HS he refused most guidance and advice about school and learing. Then, one day, the light came on and he did a 180 on his schoolwork and life planning.

Now studying for the MCAT to become a neurosurgeon with a minor in CS where before he was a C student.