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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By all means provide enrichment. What I was trying to tell you was if she is getting mostly A’s and B’s in class and an occasional C or D , the teacher is most likely to think your daughter is doing fine. But I agree that she needs help and mathnasium is a good place to get that help and get her on track.[/quote]

That’s not grade inflation. That is a kid who needs a bit of help at home. [/quote]

We do help her at home. Actually, what my daughter chiefly complains about is that the teacher doesn't spend enough time teaching the material and that leads her to not being able to complete the homework.

This is borne out by a message the teacher recently sent where she said, "Unfortunately, due to many factors, I do not have time to reteach this concept in whole group tomorrow, and we have to move on to the next lesson."

I don't know why she's short on time, but I would say my daughter, and likely other kids, need more time practicing and learning the material to have the confidence to do the homework effectively. So the material is being taught in rapid succession and the kids are retaining only a portion of it and then it's on to the next lesson before they've mastered what they were learning in the first place.

But nice try trying to pin the blame on the parent, as always.[/quote]

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