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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've basically ignored the whole ES controversy. I don't expect them and don't really care about them. DD, on the other hand, cares greatly about them. DD is in 2nd grade. She is smart but not gifted or extraordinary in any way. She does work very hard. She had tears in her eyes the other day because even when she follows the instructions that list what you need to do for an ES, she never gets one. The instructions will list how many sentences or what you need to do for an ES.

I asked the teacher about this. The teacher confirmed that yes she is technically doing what is listed on the sheet to get an ES and her work is very good but there are 1-2 kids in the class who just are very gifted and do extremely better then DD.  They get the ES grades and DD will probably never get one. She knows how hard DD works on this and that she was putting extra effort into trying to get one. The teacher's advice was to try to convince DD to stop trying and try to gently tell her that she will never get one.

I appreciated the teacher's honesty. What she said is consistent with everything I have from others on how ES is given.

I didn't care about this ES thing before but what an awful message to send to a young kid. I can't believe that I need to tell my DD to stop trying and it simply will never matter how hard she works. 
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This is not an ES problem. This is a teacher problem. As in: there is a problem with this teacher.[/quote]

Absolutely![/quote]

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