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You realize that the most important part of K is to learn how to be a good citizen, not be disruptive, learn to deal with boredom and be able to control oneself.  You need to get a handle on this.  Private schools don't want kids with behavior issues no matter how smart.[/quote]

I totally disagree that it is reasonable for a K student, who is already reading at much higher level, to be happy with educational material meant for those who are not reading yet.

[b] My ds was reading at a high school level in K [/b]and was not happy with the curricula at all and hence had some behavioral problems. His behavioral problems were resolved once we placed him into a school with curricula that provided him with a challenge.

Your statement of learning to deal with boredom is quite inappropriate IMHO. Of course, life has boredom and one must learn to deal with it. However, it is unreasonable for a child to sit through classes day after day where he/she is [u]not[/u] learning anything at all since they have already mastered the material. This is educational malpractice!![/quote]

Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private.  I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.[/quote]

[b]Not necessarily true.  DS read very early and was at a high school level by 2nd grade.  In 4th grade, he could explain the scheme of quantum chromodynamics and which quarks compose which leptons and subatomic particles, and why the Higgs Boson was such an important discovery (and neither of us are physicists, he learned it on his own via his voracious curiosity and reading habits).  He used to just zone out in school and would not do anything but withdraw and daydream.  But, he's at BASIS now, and is engaged and happy.[/b][/quote]

You mean he has been at Basis for the last what -- 4 months and seems engaged and happy.

That is the problem with the Basis boosters, it just opened, it may work for your kid, it may not.  Why not just admit that?  We have a 5th grader who is average and doing fine.  We know that child who was counseled out over the summer.  He is an amazing student, right on par with your child.  Very, very, bright.  Basis definitely wouldn't have worked for him and not because they are Basis but because he is who HE is.  [/quote]

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