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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I think many of us know that, and we know that there are social benefits to K. That being said, yes it is frustrating to think that my kid who not only knew the alphabet by age 2, reads at a first grade level, and has been in childcare his whole life and therefore knows the basics of circle time, etc... has to essentially put up and shut up for large portions of his day for at least the first quarter of the school year. Yes I know it, but doesn't mean I have to like the fact that large parts of his time will be review rather than gaining knowledge. 
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For your child's sake I hope you are trolling here. What precisely is the detriment to your child having to "review" letters, numbers, basic math and reading, at the ripe old age of 5yo? Is this holding back his application to Harvard?[/quote]

I'm not trolling, TBH.  And I expect fully to get slammed as you and the next poster already have.  Thing is, I don't think it's unreasonable to want my child to learn.  Whether he ends up at Harvard or the local community college, my point is that one of the huge challenges of public school is that the teacher does need to bring all kids to the same baseline which means unfortunately that some kids have to simply tread water while they wait for classmates to catch up.  In other words, some kids are learning while some are simply waiting.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and he'll be challenged, but other threads over the years have indicated that I shouldn't expect that.  I'm not sure why it's unreasonable to hope that your child will be learning.[/quote]

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