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10 Post author: James_Miller 09 October 2013 07:19PM

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Comment author: asr 10 October 2013 12:11:31AM 7 points [-]

When I was in the third grade in suburban Massachusetts, I was bored in class. Somehow it was arranged that an MIT student (can't remember if grad or undergrad) would come chat with me periodically, I think for an hour or two a week. This was wonderful and he suggested all sorts of books and suchlike and explained what a derivative was.

I gather you're in the Pioneer valley. You might see if any of the college students around would like to spend time interacting with your young'n.