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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
| Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm |
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html
Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.
"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."
I tend to agree.
MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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It doesn't surprise me that your dd is in the top 1% of her class or nationally (though I'm not sure you said that). Any child who spends 2 hours every weekday and 6+ hours every weekend, holiday, and summer studying, in addition to doing the regular school work would rank in the 99th percentile, I'm sure. To teach your child ahead of the class, then brandish the results of that teaching as proof of giftedness speaks to your motivation for such teaching. A truer measure of her abilities versus her acheivement would be how she compares to children who have spent as much of their time schooling (at home or in class) as she has. Given that she spends at least twice the amount of time schooling as an ordinary 3rd grader (assuming she is in 3rd grade b/c she is 9), what you want to know (in order judge the quality of her homeschooling) is how she is doing compared to the average 8th grader.
>>Given that she spends at least twice the amount of time schooling as an ordinary 3rd grader <<
i think you'd be surprised how much this goes on. my kids are in a school district that has a good number of asian students...newspapers in may of every year brim with more photos of this ethnicity who make it to the top of their class than any other group......and that's not a bad thing more than it's a culture thing imo. some of these families believe in saturday school, kumon and huntingotn programs over and above the gt program at school.
the only area i think this hurts are the (american) gt students who feel a need to compete with it. i have a good friend whose son is in gt but isn't doing real well in her opinion.......i asked why once and she told me that the gt teachers are comparing him to the asian braniacs that are excelling over and above what is expected.
I don't want to play the game of "How to Allocate Our Limited Resources." I just want to point out that just because a school district appears to put the needs of the special education students above the needs of the advanced learners (or whatever terminology TB is using today) by funding special ed services doesn't mean that the collective desire and will of the school district and its community is to put a higher priority on meeting the needs of those on the far left of the bell curve over those on the far right. Primarily they do it because it is the law. And I wouldn't necessarily say that is a bad thing. Just isn't useful as evidence that one set of needs is greater than another.
By the way, I don't think that meeting the educational needs of gifted students has to cost a whole lot of money (if that's what you are hinting at with mentioning social and policy activity.) There are ways to set up/accomplish gifted education that meets a wide variety of needs of the gifted that don't cost any money at all. It does require some enlightenment and education on the part of the educators and people who support the educational system and a willingness to let go of some of the entrenched traditions our school have currently fallen into. Some measures are perfectly simple and free and would help a lot of gifted kids, like lowering the barriers to whole grade acceleration and early entrance to K. Most parents of gifted students aren't looking for a ton of funding to fall their child's way, just a lot more flexibility within the system and some understanding of what it means to be gifted by those who are teaching their children.
"I am betting that Catholics don't find them cultural but spiritual and for you to change the meaning of their rituals is not being respectful to their beliefs." - I'll have to ask you to clarify this for me. How am I changing the meaning of their rituals?
I am not dismissing the meaning of religious celebration. My children know and understand that other people have these beliefs, and that it is important for us to acknowledge and respect their religions. Sharing their day does not mean we are required to share their beliefs.
Carrie
<< I'll have to ask you to clarify this for me. How am I changing the meaning of their rituals? >>
By you, who is not a member of their faith to consider their rituals during mass to be cultural versus spiritual.
PumpkinAngel
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Jennie
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