Read the text and mark the sentences T (True), F (False), DS (Doesn’t say)
COLLEGES FOR KIDS
Pre-school education is changing. Once, elementary school was the place to learn 1-2-3 and A-B-C. But today, highly motivated parents have begun teaching these basics to their children before they start school. Kindergarten has now become a mini-college, where geography, history, and even mathematics are taught. Small children are even given homework assignments.
Professor David Shift, who is the Director of Early Childhood Education at the University of Highville, says, "We must simply accept the fact that children today know more than children did years ago."
Eleanor Idle, of the New School Institute, doesn't agree. "Children need to be children. They learn as they play. They don't need formal education this early. It just isn't normal. Soon they'll be given entrance exams for kindergarten. Very young children shouldn't spend their time worrying about grades and diplomas!"
Dr. Idle believes that if there is already so much competition in kindergarten, there is no limit to how much there will be in high school. "We don't need to make it any harder on students than it already is,"she says." After all, there were still many college graduates when playing was all children did in kindergarten."
Many people who agree with Idle say that early childhood programs should offer subjects that children enjoy and do well in naturally, like art, music, science, and gym. After all, learning should be child's play.

1. ……… Children used to learn basic things at elementary school.
2. ……… Today parents teach their children the basics before they start school.
3. ……… Literature and Biology are taught at kindergarten.
4. ……… According to Dr. Shift, in the near future, children will have to take an exam to get into a kindergarten.
5. ……… Many people agree that early childhood programs should teach children things in which they can do well