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[quote=Anonymous]Every single concept is being rushed. I have the Program of Study and I pay close attention on a daily basis to the homework assignments--it's basically one day per topic. So, for example, now that they're doing geometry, one day it's Area of Rectangles, the next it's Area of Parallelograms and Triangles, and so on and so forth. They have just enough time to memorize the formula for each area calculation but nothing more. You can memorize a formula and answer correctly on tests without "getting" why that formula is what it is. I don't think my DC is the only one that isn't getting everything. In general, the program moves quickly but with little depth.

I should clarify two things. DC has attentional issues that are not so bad we needed a 504 plan but definitely makes focusing on "boring" (to DC) topics like math a challenge. As to the tutoring, we've done it year round for years to make sure that no important information was missed due to inattention. The fact that there are 30+ kids in DC's classes doesn't help either. [/quote]

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