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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people think it's the parents that are pushing the kids to do too much too soon, which would be wrong and detrimental to the child.  But [b]what they don't realize is that there are actually kids who legitimately want and need the advanced classes, not the parents.  That is not such a difficult concept to grasp.[/[/b]quote]

A lot of kids legitimately want and "need" certain things from the school system.  But we can't all get what we want from a public system and still serve everyone well.  When we moved back here from China my kids were speaking Chinese -- in order to keep their Chinese current they wanted and needed to continue in school.  Should they have been bused to a high school that offered it since their Chinese was more advanced than most high school students?  No!  We had to pursue additional study on our own. Middle schools should be for middle school students, high school should be for high school students.  If someone wants to advance beyond that they should do that on their own, take part in math clubs that do advanced math, take an online  or outside course etc.  Or, as my son did, teach themselves. There is also a maturity component that many of these advanced math students don't have.  I know this because I have one.  And when my son got to high school and joined a math club he really enjoyed it, until a bunch of six graders' parents decided their kids had to join.  Suddenly none of the older students, like my son, who had the self-control to sit still and be quiet for a lecture, could hear what the math guest speakers were saying.   He eventually quit and found another math group where the leader had the sense to limit it to students capable of handling the material and the rules.

I don't think this should be such a difficult concept to grasp.  We're all "advanced" at something, but the world shouldn't be required to adjust to that.[/quote]

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