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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child has been through a private preschool and you have schooled them at home when not at preschool. Public school is not positioned to handle child like yours, Public school has a moral obligation to deal with students even if their parents are low income, uneducated, and can never afford a private preschool or parenting time like what your child received.  You can continue to enrich your child at your expense but dont come to a public school and ask everything be changed to your preference. Your request will be denied. [/quote]

Sure, public school funded by tax payers (like me) has no obligation to meet all children where they are and find ways to differentiate appropriately? Instead, let's focus all attention on the lowest performers and kill everyone else's joy for learning. That's a race to the bottom for this country if there ever was one.

As more low performers enter schools and more high performers leave for private, then you'll be whining that people are being racist.

And ffs, I am not asking everything to be changed to my preference. I just want my child to be allowed to do other things (like read books from home) while the other kids are still learning to sound out 'cat' and skip count by 2s.

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Most Teachers have a list of activities that kids can do when they finished their work. My kid's first grade Teacher had paper so the kids could write their own stories, allowed kids to visit the classroom library, had some extra worksheets and other similar activities. Your child's Teacher probably has a similar list of activities. Ask your child what they do when they finish their class work, I doubt they are just sitting there. If they tell you that they are then ask what the Teacher has for them to do when they are done and encourage them to do that work. Or send a book in for them to read.

And don't be surprised if you think your kid is ahead but the Teacher has a different opinion. My child was able to decipher words that were pretty advanced but his reading comprehension was not at the same level. It could be that your child appears ahead in some areas but really needs to develop those skills better and that they child doesn't understand that. Trust that your Teacher has a better understanding then your first grader in terms of where they are skills wise. [/quote]

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