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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like everyone here and even in real life has a gifted child or a special needs child.  Doesn't anyone just have a normal, average child?  My husband and I are both PHD's and went to good schools, but our first grader is completely average and doesn't like school.  He barely got the required reading score for his grade level.  He scored slightly below average on the NNAT.  We are pretty much just not worrying about it, since he isn't actually below grade level, and his biggest problem seems to be that he doesn't like school.  We don't want to pressure him and make it worse (he had an awful K experience).   But I feel kind of worried when everyone talks about how bored their kid is with the regular curriculum and how they are reading these huge books over the summer, and [b]I know that my child is struggling just to do grade level wor[/b]k.  Is there anyone else out there who is middle class and educated with a child who isn't a very good student?  (How long will it take for this to turn into a thread for people to brag about their gifted children?)[/quote]
I just wanted to clarify my above content by saying I don't think they should struggle to do grade level work.[/quote]

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