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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is directed towards posters who retort “teach them yourselves!” when parents complain that their school doesn’t teach phonics, handwriting, spelling, grammar, multiplication tables, etc.

The *only* thing parents should be responsible for is ensuring their kids are well fed and rested, and mentally and physically ready to learn at school. If there are not enough hours in the school day to do everything, teachers should be sending explicit instructions to the parents about what to do at home (eg please have your child drill these times tables until they’ve memorized them). This is also known as “homework”.[/quote]

Perhaps, but no public school is going to fill in the gaps so if you don't do it it won't get done.[/quote]

Will even a private school fill in the gaps?[/quote]

Depends on the private school.  There are good ones and bad ones.  But no school will be everything to every kid.  The schools will do as much as they can, but some kids will fall through the cracks even at the so called "good" schools.  Maybe the kid is lazy.  Maybe they have trouble staying organized.  Maybe they fell in with the wrong crowd.  Maybe they have a bad teacher.  Could be a bunch of reasons.[/quote]

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