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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do. [/quote]

You're lovely.

As a teacher, I do the same.  If I notice there are gaps (b/c it IS difficult to teach everything to everyone), I fill the gaps in.  Some parents complain all of the time, and we see how it affects their own children, as they are often anxious and depressed - or they begin to resent and fear their parents.

My daughter entered the public system in grade 4.  She had never had her reading or math levels tested.  (ridiculous coming from a two-teacher HH) And her teacher nearly chastised us b/c she had been reading books way below her level. She entered when 2.0 was still being implemented.  Her reading and math scores. according to MapR and MapM, are at the 11th grade level.  She's in 6th grade.

My son, who started public in K, loves school. He's reading a grade level ahead and he loves his math enrichment.

I see no need to push kids.  There are too many kids suffering from anxiety b/c parents obsess over grades and acceleration.

We don't push.  Yes, we will teach them at home when necessary - and help them with homework b/c parents SHOULD be involved.  But we don't push.

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