4th grade dropouts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really sure what it means to be honest. I'm not signing up for a homeschooling program. My husband and I both work although our hours are flexible. This afternoon we just all sort of hit the wall. My kids had epic meltdowns after school - my daughter crying endlessly about her headache - and then I got another email from FCPS pushing back distance learning and we decided we can't do it anymore.

Are you familiar with Virginia’s compulsory education laws?

Apparently the school systems aren’t.

[Anonymous]

OP, you can’t just do this. Find a way to make it work. Send them in to an in-person aftercare. Or hire a nanny. Millions of children are learning online for hours without getting disabling headaches and ha big tantrums. Your family needs to make this work. It might feel better for a while to not have to supervise their schooling but it’s seriously just not an option. Are you ready for them to have to start 4th grade again in the fall when all their friends are promoted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When they were in school face to face, they came home excited to tell me about their day and show me what they were working on. Now they log off and cry for hours.

Well, that's the point. How excited were you after a day of calculus in person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really sure what it means to be honest. I'm not signing up for a homeschooling program. My husband and I both work although our hours are flexible. This afternoon we just all sort of hit the wall. My kids had epic meltdowns after school - my daughter crying endlessly about her headache - and then I got another email from FCPS pushing back distance learning and we decided we can't do it anymore.

Are you familiar with Virginia’s compulsory education laws?

How can it be compulsory if the state fails to provide an education? Sounds like a great defense to me. Let the county try to defend its alleged educational services this year.

They are providing an education. You are choosing not to partake.

We can call this online screen dribble a lot of things but it is definitely not an education. FCPS dropped the ball and essentially gave up. You can't blame the parents for doing the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really sure what it means to be honest. I'm not signing up for a homeschooling program. My husband and I both work although our hours are flexible. This afternoon we just all sort of hit the wall. My kids had epic meltdowns after school - my daughter crying endlessly about her headache - and then I got another email from FCPS pushing back distance learning and we decided we can't do it anymore.

Are you familiar with Virginia’s compulsory education laws?

Apparently the school systems aren’t.

This is so ridiculous lol. Only the most loser parents have the nerve to say this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really sure what it means to be honest. I'm not signing up for a homeschooling program. My husband and I both work although our hours are flexible. This afternoon we just all sort of hit the wall. My kids had epic meltdowns after school - my daughter crying endlessly about her headache - and then I got another email from FCPS pushing back distance learning and we decided we can't do it anymore.

Are you familiar with Virginia’s compulsory education laws?

How can it be compulsory if the state fails to provide an education? Sounds like a great defense to me. Let the county try to defend its alleged educational services this year.

They are providing an education. You are choosing not to partake.

We can call this online screen dribble a lot of things but it is definitely not an education. FCPS dropped the ball and essentially gave up. You can't blame the parents for doing the same.

*drivel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they were in school face to face, they came home excited to tell me about their day and show me what they were working on. Now they log off and cry for hours.

Well, that's the point. How excited were you after a day of calculus in person?

DP. I enjoyed my calculus class. Now my poor kids are stuck yelling at a penguin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know how many kids have withdrawn from public schools.

At least 9000 from FCPS, including hundreds of seriously disabled dc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you can’t just do this. Find a way to make it work. Send them in to an in-person aftercare. Or hire a nanny. Millions of children are learning online for hours without getting disabling headaches and ha big tantrums. Your family needs to make this work. It might feel better for a while to not have to supervise their schooling but it’s seriously just not an option. Are you ready for them to have to start 4th grade again in the fall when all their friends are promoted?

Oh, that's hysterical! No one is getting held back this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they were in school face to face, they came home excited to tell me about their day and show me what they were working on. Now they log off and cry for hours.

Well, that's the point. How excited were you after a day of calculus in person?

DP. I enjoyed my calculus class. Now my poor kids are stuck yelling at a penguin.

You can't opt out the that. Opting out of one or two online activities is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they were in school face to face, they came home excited to tell me about their day and show me what they were working on. Now they log off and cry for hours.

Well, that's the point. How excited were you after a day of calculus in person?

DP. I enjoyed my calculus class. Now my poor kids are stuck yelling at a penguin.

You maybe the only none I know who did I can't imagine being excited about the AP calc, and while my teacher was amazing he could as well be a penguin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it always the same poster who complains about regression? Because that's not normal, and shouldn't happen if your child attends their virtual learning and you do your parenting job.

Do you check the homework? You must, every day.
Also check for organization, and that your child knows what to hand in when.
Multiplication is supposed to be practiced regularly at home until it's solid. Ask for one table a day.

I think your mistake is thinking that you can be totally hands-off as your child grows older. This isn't preschool. Even if your child were in the building, you'd need to help your child memorize their multiplication tables. I don't know one parent who hasn't helped their child to practice this!

Essentially, this is a failure of understanding your changing role as a parent of a grade-school child.

You think there is just one child in northern va public school who has experienced a year of summer slide? And that parent posts on here repeatedly? Any kid whose parents are not regularly supplementing with a different curriculum or paying for tutors has regressed this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it always the same poster who complains about regression? Because that's not normal, and shouldn't happen if your child attends their virtual learning and you do your parenting job.

Do you check the homework? You must, every day.
Also check for organization, and that your child knows what to hand in when.
Multiplication is supposed to be practiced regularly at home until it's solid. Ask for one table a day.

I think your mistake is thinking that you can be totally hands-off as your child grows older. This isn't preschool. Even if your child were in the building, you'd need to help your child memorize their multiplication tables. I don't know one parent who hasn't helped their child to practice this!

Essentially, this is a failure of understanding your changing role as a parent of a grade-school child.

You think there is just one child in northern va public school who has experienced a year of summer slide? And that parent posts on here repeatedly? Any kid whose parents are not regularly supplementing with a different curriculum or paying for tutors has regressed this year.

Not my kids.

But I think kids of educated UMC parents dropping out in elementary for the rest of the year is absolutely fine. It’s not like the kid won’t make it up next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Are you all parents of young children?

Because please realize that teaching basic math and reading comprehension to elementary schoolers is... easy. There is nothing easier, unless your child has special needs or you have a particular hardship at home.

Again, unless there is a serious issue in the home, there is no excuse for 4th graders forgetting multiplications or experiencing other forms of academic regression. This is entirely on the parents.

I homeschooled my son with special needs years ago. I know the hard work it entails. I also have a normally-functioning child and never have to supervise anything - the learning happens without me.

Did you homeschool while also working a FT job? Was that easy? This is nonsense.

That should be easy when you understand how little instructional time there is in elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they were in school face to face, they came home excited to tell me about their day and show me what they were working on. Now they log off and cry for hours.

Well, that's the point. How excited were you after a day of calculus in person?

DP. I enjoyed my calculus class. Now my poor kids are stuck yelling at a penguin.

Some of us are scientists and engineers. We like calculus. Differential equations I hated with a passion.