People out there are paying for...

"Adult Preschool." You read that right. There are people out there, right now, paying up to a grand to pretend to be children in the company of other adult pretenders. They play with playdoh, do finger painting, and sit around on alphabet mats. I kid you not.

Day by day I realize I am not wrong. The Rubicon has been crossed, the event horizon reached. There is no turning back for this society.

Getting in touch with your inner child has never been so expensive.

The Brooklyn-based Preschool Mastermind, as it's called, is a preschool-type experience for adults. No, really. And according to its founder, there's show-and-tell, arts-and-crafts such as finger paint, games (think musical chairs) and even naps.

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PHOTO: Michelle sees the class as a form of therapy, allowing adults to deal with their real world problems using the mind of their inner child.

"I realized all the implications of what we learn in preschool," said founder Michelle Joni, who said she went to school for childhood education and always wanted to be a preschool teacher. "People come here and get in touch with their inner child. It's magical."

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PHOTO: The full class starts at $333 and goes up to $999 with the adults paying as much as they can afford.

The class runs through March and meets weekly. Joni was getting ready for tonight's class when we spoke. She facilitates the class with two assistants. There are six students in the class, each hoping to get something different out of the experience.