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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish my DD is offered SELT.It's free education offered by certified teachers! I literally asked her teacher for SELT, but her teacher said she was not qualified.?[/quote]

SELT at our school last year was just four hours of play/games with a tiny bit of instruction mixed in.  I could (and should) have kept my DC home and given instruction myself in half the time.  They need to cut out the games and make the most of the time given to really bring the kids up to speed.[/quote]

Wish I had seen this before I enrolled DD. She was invited in June and we forfeited camp money assuming it was an academic review program with the benefits of a much smaller class size. With all the budget issues in the county, I thought it must be excellent or it would be on the chopping block. Instead, it's as you described and my daughter would rather be at a real camp with her BFF. I could have just done a workbook 15 minutes a night. Hope it's better at other schools, otherwise what is the point?[/quote]

I could've written your post this time last year.  We also forfeited camp money (and a fun camp) so our DD could go to SELT.  Like you, we thought it must be a great program that would really enforce key concepts for her.  I was so disgusted with this silly, lazy attempt to make it appear they were actually working hard with the kids.  It's like they were just going through the motions, do a few worksheets, play a bunch of games, have a snack, goof off, go home.  What an incredible waste, especially considering they pay the teachers extra for this nonsense and pay for buses too!  Why didn't they offer extra help throughout the year, instead?  We declined SELT this year in favor of a great camp and some extra work at home.  [/quote]

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