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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting thread to me, because on so many other threads people seem to be criticizing "pressure cooker atmospheres" and homework loads.  But on this one, one or more people seem to want to ratchet up the intensity (which honestly feels a little weird to me for an elementary/middle school).

My take-away is that everybody thinks they are an expert when it comes to schools and thinks they could do it better than the actual schools.[/quote]

As a contributor to this thread, I respectfully disagree with your take.  Or perhaps I just didn't articulate my position clearly.  I don't want to ratchet up the intensity (another poster spoke of the issue with her DS & the age-inappropriateness of 4th grade science and how schools sometimes introduce age-inappropriate material in their quest for instructional excellence.)  I would like Norwood to tighten up its instruction and curriculum, remove ineffective teachers (but a proper teacher evaluation process first must be put into place), and use the hours of the day more efficiently.  Nowhere did I or anyone else say we sought to introduce a "pressure cooker atmosphere," increase the homework load or ratchet up the intensity.  (Actually, I imagine a lot of the students whose teachers are not strong would find the[b] pressure/stress decrease[/b] if the material were delivered by better teachers.)[/quote]

+1. It is about efficiency.[/quote]

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