Reply to Who thinks it is ridiculous when someone says his/her child is bored in school?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Who thinks it is ridiculous when someone says his/her child is bored in school?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My Kindergartner says he is bored in school.  He's clearly capable of harder, higher level work.  When he finishes the assigned work, he is allowed to pick a book from the teacher's book stand and read to himself.  The books don't change often, and are all picture books.  His reading level is somewhere around the middle of 2nd grade, and he loves and devours chapter books.   He is not allowed to bring books from home.  
Not to mention, traditional schooling forces SO much repetition on students.  My son came from a Montessori preschool, so the having to sit and wait it out for everyone else to finish their work part of the day is especially trying to him, I think.  He wants to know why he can't just do his own thing.  He is not a trouble maker (or not more of one than any other normal 6 year old) but he does get restless.
Part of it is spring fever, as the boredom has increased in the last few months.  But I don't find it ridiculous.  I do find it ridiculous that the school can't manage to challenge and engage my 6 year old. I hope to see more differentiation of instruction in the coming years of school. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics