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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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I see nothing wrong with academic competition among equally capable students - which occurs more often in hs and college. With ds, I know he is advanced in his literacy skills. Wrt math skills, he is closer to average. I cannot imagine how knowing exactly where he ranks in relation to his age mates would be beneficial. We have discussed placing him in the Grade 1 classroom to offer him more challenge after Xmas. We were able to come to this potentially mutually agreeable possiblity w/o the aid of a visual comparison chart.
It has nothing to do with relinquishing responsibility, or credit as the case may be. My children happened to enjoy learning and reading early. BTW, dd1 is not a genius, nor is she particularly gifted. She simply reached some of those milestones early, as has ds. Dd2, has not excelled academically, but I believe she is every bit as bright as the other two. Again, I have no need to see where she ranks in relation to her pre-school class. Knowing that other children recognize more letters of the alphabet will not assist me in making her *ready* or interested in memorizing them. Sing her a song or tell her a nursery rhyme once and she will repeat it a week from now verbatum. Show her the alphabet, and she don't hear a thing.
In addition, WRT the comment: ...
how are those "expectations" determined? The "expectations" here are based on the national or the state average, which is not good enough, in my opinion. It's a difference of opinion.
BTW, no doubt this id will be blasted like my others and I'm not creating a new one when that happens so we likely won't finish this conversation.
I'm not sure I follow.
You can still love both apples and oranges, for different reasons.
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