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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see all my middle school student's study guides to study for tests.   Because I help him study.  I am much less connected to math because he is very good at math and doesn't need help to study and gets all As.

But if you go in their ipads and look you can see all the stuff they are doing and their assignments.

At some point, isn't the goal that they handle it all and let you know when they need help?  So I don't think you  not knowing means their is a lack of rigor.  It could mean that, but it doesn't have to mean that.  It could mean great news, your kid is handling things.  My parents didn't have a clue what I was doing in middle school I don't think.  I was a good student and everything was fine.

I will also say there are some kids who are not handling things.  Friends of my DS have had extra math work sent home, interventions from teachers on time management, pinged for not turning in assignments, failing grades, etc.  It's not like everyone is "coasting".[/quote]

That's a fair point. And I realize there are kids who are struggling. The year and a half of virtual learning due to the pandemic certainly didn't help. I definitely didn't intend to come across as insensitive to that fact (and that's part of the reason I posted this on an anonymous forum). But when I see a child like mine, who is smart but certainly not a genius, getting straight As without seeming to try very hard and being labeled as "gifted" it just makes me wonder if my I'm completely underestimating my child and my expectations are skewed. Or, is it that the standards have changed since I was in school?[/quote]

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