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Rock and a Hard Place
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
| Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am |
There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.
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Well you know me well enough, you are right I would have found it irrelevant.
PumpkinAngel
Why is it any of YOUR business if other kids don't know their letters?
PumpkinAngel
Kindergarten is not required by the state either.
PumpkinAngel
Why on earth
PumpkinAngel
Testing for the sake of program planning is wonderful. A psychiatrist testing a 5 y/o? Ridiculous. For what? What possible purpose would it serve? Children with a thirst for learning will devour whatever they get their hands on. Why anyone would subject their 5 y/o to that kind of rigourous testing is beyond me. Let the kid be a kid for God's sake! Why on earth you would feel the need to monitor so closely at this age is even further beyond me. If the child is happy and content and is learning - what testing do you require?
sounds like your little guy has the talent for language. my dd as you have read in the past is very talented in language. i am talented in the english language, and thats it. foreign language is not my thing. good luck with him. are you going to expose him to other languages as well? does he understand what he is reading, when reading hebrew? none-the-less, im impressed!!
Now,you are going to go on and on about how you have a high ses since you work,and I am again telling you that high ses don't usually drink the mornings away and not read to the kids,and they tend to send over 90% of teh kids on to college,but oh,well,you have your version of reality,and you will not be moved from cyndiworld,where sahms drink and are illterate and fear you because you are an engineer(????),and all the teachers are out to make sure your dd can't get into college.WHATEVER.
Amazingly,my whole family grew up in rural OK and they ALL went to college and beyond w/out ever having gone to dc.They were all "average" students growing up.Their parents cared about *education*,not class ranking or whose mom sah and what math method was used.My d'hs dad grew up in *East* St.Louis and still reached the Phd level,and his mom's dad was a butcher who sent all of his sons to college.
So,I am not very impressed w/ our pressured educational system overall,and I do not see the dc-smart people some others see.I think people are less educated now than ever.
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