Why do so many parents say their kids are bored at school?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

Being friends with you must be exhausting.

[Anonymous]

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Hilarious:

1. OP has one kid in Kindergarten. Harvard is just around the corner!

2. She's very proud of her child. Who can read in K. Literally no other child has ever been so gifted.

3. And everything is always about her and her child. No one should ever say anything that she could ever interpret personally and negatively. Except she will. People, either you shut up around OP or you shower her with compliments about her child, who is READING in KINDERGARTEN!!!

Op here. I actually have 3 kids. Dh and I both are ivy educated.

If this is a troll playing extremely 'insufferable and insecure mother of academically average' kids, kudos.

If OP is genuine, then this is exactly why I never talk about my kids' academics with other parents, especially the ones who fish for information so they can make an unofficial ranking in their heads. There are a quite of few of those parents in my oldest kid's grade (the worst are the parents with high prestige jobs.) We privately do enrichment and acceleration in math and our kid is really far ahead. But I've never said a peep about it to anyone except my family and the teachers. My oldest doesn't complain about being bored, and that is due to demeanor, not intelligence.

I am the OP. I am not a troll. I have three kids in public and considering private school for our three kids. My youngest is in kindergarten. Dh and I are ivy educated. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people have high prestige jobs and everyone thinks their kids are gifted. Many of our kids’ friends have friends with ivy educations. When my older kids were younger, there were parents who would often say their kids were bored in school. They don’t say this as much as kids get older. Now I’m again hearing it in kindergarten. At our highly regarded preschool, I did not hear anyone say their kid was bored because our kids played all day. Nothing boring about that.

Man, I am so glad I didn’t go to an Ivy.

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OP is White. It explains everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is White. It explains everything.

Nope. It's because she went to an Ivy. Most White people didn't go to an Ivy, and most White people aren't like her. Even most DCUMers aren't like her, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Eventually, when you have more experience, with both public and private, you'll know better.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hilarious:

1. OP has one kid in Kindergarten. Harvard is just around the corner!

2. She's very proud of her child. Who can read in K. Literally no other child has ever been so gifted.

3. And everything is always about her and her child. No one should ever say anything that she could ever interpret personally and negatively. Except she will. People, either you shut up around OP or you shower her with compliments about her child, who is READING in KINDERGARTEN!!!

Op here. I actually have 3 kids. Dh and I both are ivy educated.

If this is a troll playing extremely 'insufferable and insecure mother of academically average' kids, kudos.

If OP is genuine, then this is exactly why I never talk about my kids' academics with other parents, especially the ones who fish for information so they can make an unofficial ranking in their heads. There are a quite of few of those parents in my oldest kid's grade (the worst are the parents with high prestige jobs.) We privately do enrichment and acceleration in math and our kid is really far ahead. But I've never said a peep about it to anyone except my family and the teachers. My oldest doesn't complain about being bored, and that is due to demeanor, not intelligence.

I am the OP. I am not a troll. I have three kids in public and considering private school for our three kids. My youngest is in kindergarten. Dh and I are ivy educated. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people have high prestige jobs and everyone thinks their kids are gifted. Many of our kids’ friends have friends with ivy educations. When my older kids were younger, there were parents who would often say their kids were bored in school. They don’t say this as much as kids get older. Now I’m again hearing it in kindergarten. At our highly regarded preschool, I did not hear anyone say their kid was bored because our kids played all day. Nothing boring about that.

Man, I am so glad I didn’t go to an Ivy.

+1. This is why we don't do a country club or travel sports either. The participants are insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

Ok, now I’m curious: why private now? You have older kids that I’m assuming are in public and have been for some time, and you are in an ‘excellent’ district. They are happy and thriving according to your posts. So what’s your beef? I promise the parents won’t be less annoying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

Ok, now I’m curious: why private now? You have older kids that I’m assuming are in public and have been for some time, and you are in an ‘excellent’ district. They are happy and thriving according to your posts. So what’s your beef? I promise the parents won’t be less annoying

I'm pretty sure that her other children are younger. Probably 3 and 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

I'm confused. In your OP you sound totally happy with the public school, just annoyed by other parents and the 'bored' comments. But you said your child is happy, thriving, not bored. So what is the problem, really?

My kid is not bored at all. She loves school. All three of my kids are doing well and have lots of friends and happy. My kids would do well in any environment. As I previously mentioned, our private school dilemma has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. I do think the quality of instruction may be better in private. However, I am not sure if it is worth the headache of commuting 10+ miles in some of the worst DMV traffic during rush hour every morning and afternoon. First world problems, I know.

Ok, now I’m curious: why private now? You have older kids that I’m assuming are in public and have been for some time, and you are in an ‘excellent’ district. They are happy and thriving according to your posts. So what’s your beef? I promise the parents won’t be less annoying

I'm pretty sure that her other children are younger. Probably 3 and 1.

Actually she said she has 3 kids in public, with the youngest being the kindergartener

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hilarious:

1. OP has one kid in Kindergarten. Harvard is just around the corner!

2. She's very proud of her child. Who can read in K. Literally no other child has ever been so gifted.

3. And everything is always about her and her child. No one should ever say anything that she could ever interpret personally and negatively. Except she will. People, either you shut up around OP or you shower her with compliments about her child, who is READING in KINDERGARTEN!!!

Op here. I actually have 3 kids. Dh and I both are ivy educated.

If this is a troll playing extremely 'insufferable and insecure mother of academically average' kids, kudos.

If OP is genuine, then this is exactly why I never talk about my kids' academics with other parents, especially the ones who fish for information so they can make an unofficial ranking in their heads. There are a quite of few of those parents in my oldest kid's grade (the worst are the parents with high prestige jobs.) We privately do enrichment and acceleration in math and our kid is really far ahead. But I've never said a peep about it to anyone except my family and the teachers. My oldest doesn't complain about being bored, and that is due to demeanor, not intelligence.

I am the OP. I am not a troll. I have three kids in public and considering private school for our three kids. My youngest is in kindergarten. Dh and I are ivy educated. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people have high prestige jobs and everyone thinks their kids are gifted. Many of our kids’ friends have friends with ivy educations. When my older kids were younger, there were parents who would often say their kids were bored in school. They don’t say this as much as kids get older. Now I’m again hearing it in kindergarten. At our highly regarded preschool, I did not hear anyone say their kid was bored because our kids played all day. Nothing boring about that.

Man, I am so glad I didn’t go to an Ivy.

+1. This is why we don't do a country club or travel sports either. The participants are insufferable.

Travel sports in my area are heavily populated by hardworking immigrant families with kids with admirable work ethic. But I agree with you re country clubs and Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hilarious:

1. OP has one kid in Kindergarten. Harvard is just around the corner!

2. She's very proud of her child. Who can read in K. Literally no other child has ever been so gifted.

3. And everything is always about her and her child. No one should ever say anything that she could ever interpret personally and negatively. Except she will. People, either you shut up around OP or you shower her with compliments about her child, who is READING in KINDERGARTEN!!!

Op here. I actually have 3 kids. Dh and I both are ivy educated.

If this is a troll playing extremely 'insufferable and insecure mother of academically average' kids, kudos.

If OP is genuine, then this is exactly why I never talk about my kids' academics with other parents, especially the ones who fish for information so they can make an unofficial ranking in their heads. There are a quite of few of those parents in my oldest kid's grade (the worst are the parents with high prestige jobs.) We privately do enrichment and acceleration in math and our kid is really far ahead. But I've never said a peep about it to anyone except my family and the teachers. My oldest doesn't complain about being bored, and that is due to demeanor, not intelligence.

I am the OP. I am not a troll. I have three kids in public and considering private school for our three kids. My youngest is in kindergarten. Dh and I are ivy educated. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people have high prestige jobs and everyone thinks their kids are gifted. Many of our kids’ friends have friends with ivy educations. When my older kids were younger, there were parents who would often say their kids were bored in school. They don’t say this as much as kids get older. Now I’m again hearing it in kindergarten. At our highly regarded preschool, I did not hear anyone say their kid was bored because our kids played all day. Nothing boring about that.

Man, I am so glad I didn’t go to an Ivy.

+1. This is why we don't do a country club or travel sports either. The participants are insufferable.

Travel sports in my area are heavily populated by hardworking immigrant families with kids with admirable work ethic. But I agree with you re country clubs and Ivies.

Where I am the travel sports parents are all Va Tech Bro Dad types.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you can comfortably afford private, I would at least look into it and see what your options are.

My kids are now in 6th and 9th and I'm really wishing they had gone to private school. We live in a wealthy neighborhood where most people use public school but there are still a lot of issues with public education and the inability to advance the curriculum for kids who learn more quickly. My kids are too old and don't want to switch schools now, plus where we live there are no good private options within a 20 minute drive. So we try to push them as much as we can, but school is just really easy and boring for them. Its such a disappointment and if I had it to do all over again, I'd probably move somewhere closer to a good private school and buy a less expensive house to make it more affordable. Hindsight is 20/20.

Op here. We moved to this school district for the supposedly excellent schools. We live in a multi million dollar home and have spent almost another million on renovations to make it our exact style. The privates we are considering are 20+ min away while we currently live 1-2 miles from our zoned elementary, middle and high school. I feel like we have sunk so much money into this house.

Where the heck do you live that can support a $3m+ home and yet has no local private schools?

Boy are you making me feel smart. Intentionally bought a $1.2m new construction home (now worth 50% more) so we could comfortably afford private K-12 for two kids. Anyone who studies educational trends knows public schools are in decline, even in the “best” districts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP you sound insecure.

Some kids are bored because they are too advanced, and some kids are bored because of the way material is presented, and some kids are bored because they have adhd. If you're a 5 year old who wants to be playing and your teacher has you memorizing sight words, that's boring. Sorry if that offends you.

I am not insecure. I think my child is amazing. She went to a play based preschool where they played outside all day. When she talks about kindergarten, she talks about her friends and tells me stories about the other kids in her class. She loves school.

We are considering private for many reasons. I want my child to be outside and play more! Other parents are considering private for other reasons like their child being bored in public. I know my child will do great in public or private.

If this bothers you and with the OP you wrote about it “defending” your kid, yes, you are insecure. Many insecure people don’t believe they’re insecure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hilarious:

1. OP has one kid in Kindergarten. Harvard is just around the corner!

2. She's very proud of her child. Who can read in K. Literally no other child has ever been so gifted.

3. And everything is always about her and her child. No one should ever say anything that she could ever interpret personally and negatively. Except she will. People, either you shut up around OP or you shower her with compliments about her child, who is READING in KINDERGARTEN!!!

Op here. I actually have 3 kids. Dh and I both are ivy educated.

Wow, girl. Keep digging. But yeah, you’re tooooootally not insecure.