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[quote=Anonymous]I think OP was simply remarking on the pervasive and competitive "every child is above-average" mentality of the DC metro area. And I couldn't agree more. I get tired of it too. We probably do have a significantly higher concentration of high-IQ kids in this area, just because of socio-economics and the concentration of highly educated parents. But intellectual capacity is never the whole story. A good kindergarten program isn't primarily about  academics.

I have two bright kids who have always struggled with school, though one loves it anyway. The one who doesn't love school could do anything he put his mind to, but his passions lie outside of academics. He is always bored by school, but not because he was a stellar student. The younger child was adopted as a pre-schooler and he has had some early delays to overcome. He is never bored by school and loves to work hard. Both have IQs above the 90th percentile, for whatever that is worth, but Kindergarten was exactly where they needed to be when they were there. They both have fall birthdays, so they were on the older end of the age range.

I get that some kids are bored in kindergarten, but what does that mean? Maybe it's that they aren't ready to concentrate yet.  Maybe they (like my oldest) are not eager students. Maybe the teacher isn't the greatest. Maybe they miss mommy. And yes, maybe the work is too easy.
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