Once upon a time there was a boy, let’s call him Child 1. He loved school, he loved learning he wrote beautifully. Then one day he started to get upset at the thought of school. He cried on a Sunday night. He complained that his day was spent completing dull comprehension and soon he began to hate reading. Then along comes child 2. He loves school, he loves books, he writes beautifully. In fact he spent his summer writing a journal about his adventures. His idea of fun is snuggling up in bed and reading a book. He is seven. He reads paper back novels and begs for another chapter before he goes to bed each night. These children have similar life experience. They are brothers. They exceed ARE in all subjects. But there is one significant difference. Child 1 has had his love of learning squashed. His writing is stilted and awkward. He hates to read. But why? SATs. Every piece of writing (including his letter to Santa) has a ‘Did you know’ fact. To demonstrate that h...