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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sick of hearing about snowflakes are bored in school! [/quote] Amen. I mean seriously - what kid actually comes home and tells their parent they are bored in elementary school. I just can't imagine saying something like that when I was in early elem school. [/quote] My kid. My 7 year old complains loudly and consistently that his 2nd grade teacher is teaching "baby math" and that it's boring. At home, he was exploring square roots and squares last week. I haven't had a math class in 25 years, and I was doing okay, until he asked me if negative numbers have a square root. He's not "bright." He's gifted. This is typical for gifted kids. [/quote] I am not the poster you are responding to, but this sounds a lot to me like a kid who plays violin well and has to suffer through regular elementary music class, or a child who is a gifted athlete who has to suffer through regular elementary music class. Someone will always be the best, and it does that child good to learn some patience and humility. I would actually have a little talk about modesty and respect with a child who complained loudly and consistently about "baby math." He can do as much math as he wants at home and it's not going to hold him back to sit through classes with regular children. Lest you believe I am motivated by sour grapes, I will say that I used to complain about my classes the same way when I was a child, and then I grew up to recognize that everyone learns at different rates and has different specialties and the world does not need to cater to mine.[/quote]
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