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It depends where you're from and what your families proclivities are, OP.

To generalize in the most awful fashion (sorry), I've had European families complain the math is too hard. I've had Asian families complain the math is too easy. No one in my circle ever said English was too hard, though, that's a new one! Perhaps it's because foreigners assume that if English is too hard, it must be because they don't have a good enough command of English ;-)

A word of warning: public schools are not the best at teaching writing, because teachers have too many students to grade. Public schools do have funding for lab sciences, though. So in general, they will be pretty good at STEM, not so good at writing.

Finally, a word on intensity: elementary school is supposed to be EASY. Middle school gets harder, and high school even more so. If your child is struggling in any part of his elementary curriculum, you have to take it seriously. Otherwise it will be difficult to catch up later, and your kid won't be optimally positioned to get to advanced tracks in middle and high school.

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