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I haven't found the math track beyond 5th grade on the MCPS website, so I don't know what will happen with algebra.

But saying I would be frustrated at my child repeating the same math for the next 2 years is not "communicating to [my] children that they should be bored and uninspired and see school as a waste of time." Where'd that come from?? My child doesn't even know what's coming next year.

If you heard that your first grader had to repeat 1st grade reading for the next 2 years, with a few new lessons thrown in, you might be frustrated too, even if you felt the curriculum might be better for the next generation of students (e.g., rising Kers), who wouldn't have to repeat anything.[/quote]

I didn't mean to put words into your mouth; I had just seen a poster say "I can imagine how boring/uninspiring it must be" and was hoping that she was not saying to her child at any point, "honey, I know how boring/uninspiring this must be for you."

I am the one with the first grader again, and I definitely get people's point that I may think differently in a few years. But really, if I heard that my first grader would have to repeat first grade reading, I don't know that I would be as upset as some on here. Reading (and math) is just one period in the day, and we read and do math at home too, and it's not like reading a book he has read before will somehow suck the ability to read out of him. If your student is saying they are doing something they already know how to do and therefore they [i]hate[/i] it, that might not be quite the right attitude.[/quote]

You will not be thinking differently to reflect how these parents are feeling as you will not have to transition from one curriculum to another.  All your child will know is 2.0 so there will be no repeating of concepts.  Its a matter of unluckiest I'm sad to say that these children are at the grade where the transition occurs and their frustration is understandable, but you probably will never experience things the way they have.[/quote]

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