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[quote=Anonymous][quote=g-clef][quote=Anonymous]What was said during the presentation that is so concerning to you?[/quote]

So, what MCPS proposed going forward is basically what my DC experienced for second grade (last year) - all skill levels in the same class, with some kids getting enrichment and others not. My kid was *miserable*. They were so bored they were doing math problems in Roman Numerals just to make things vaguely interesting - which the teacher hated. It was awful. (The Roman Numeral thing was funny, though - made it pretty obvious when another kid copied their test answers.)

This year has been okay...ish. They're still somewhat bored, but it's moving faster so they're willing to tolerate it. I really don't want another year like last year, though. How do you answer a kid who says "I don't want to go to school, I just want to learn" ? [/quote] You take them out if that school, and allow them to learn. Homeschooling seems like one obvious option. Another possibility is to do math at home and accept "screen math" during school, especially if the school accept EMF math/AoPS/mathacademy as an independent study to be done on the screen during math class.[/quote]

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