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I'm not trolling, TBH.  And I expect fully to get slammed as you and the next poster already have. [b] Thing is, I don't think it's unreasonable to want my child to learn[/b].  Whether he ends up at Harvard or the local community college, my point is that one of the huge challenges of public school is that the teacher does need to bring all kids to the same baseline which means unfortunately that some kids have to simply tread water while they wait for classmates to catch up.  In other words, some kids are learning while some are simply waiting.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and he'll be challenged, but other threads over the years have indicated that I shouldn't expect that.  I'm not sure why it's unreasonable to hope that your child will be learning.[/quote]

Almost everybody wants their children to learn.

Learning includes non-academic knowledge, experience, and skills -- don't you agree?[/quote]

Yes but you're taking about the non-quantifable aspects of learning which happen right from preschool through to college. If there is literally nothing else going on in the classroom then its counter productive to the kid who academically is ahead, and is not being stimulated academically. Its simple.[/quote]

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