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[quote=Anonymous]Our experience in the G&T programs were that they were good, but weren’t at the level of the private our kids attend now.  Some kids are capable of and interested in learning materials above and beyond what’s covered in class.  Those are also the kids who are probably doing well in school.  If a parent wants to nurture a child’s interest in a subject by enrolling them in Kumon or whatever, why should you care?  (And I’m not interested in threads trashing Kumon.  It’s just an example.)

The WSJ had an article several years ago about kids in HS previewing classes over the summer at academic camps.  If I remember correctly, the kids highlighted in the article took difficult math and science classes that they knew they would struggle with during the regular year.  It was a way for them to cover the material more than once so when they took the class at their school, they could approach the material more confidently.  Again, why should you care?

Parents with kids in sports get their kids extra coaching and send them to camps to get better.  I can’t remember a time when I ever heard a parent criticizing another sports parent for doing this.  Stay in your own lane OP.[/quote]

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