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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How silly. I was a gifted kid in a school system with effectively no program. Yes, school was a little boring (up to and including my top college). Yes, I did a lot of independent reading. Which, incidentally, is great training for being a grown up. [b]No one needs some personally-tailored super challenging middle school experience[/b]. [/quote]

No one NEEDS it, but it might nonetheless be nice to have it.[/quote]

The real problem is this: public elementary school doesn't provide an adequate foundation for success.

Private schools introduce foreign language in K.

[b]Private schools teach vocabulary and grammar. (I was diagramming sentences in 4th grade.)[/b]

Private schools foster structure and discipline, and students are well equipped for HS and college thanks to the traditional approach to education.

I could go on and on. [/quote]

I've been wondering about this lately, about what seems to be a lack of spelling and grammar being taught.  When or at what point are things like subject/verb agreement, vocabulary, spelling, etc taught?  Lots of math worksheets, but I've never seen a language arts worksheet.[/quote]

This is me, my girl is just unfortunate enough to have a really rough group of kids in her grade.  Being surrounded by kids who love school and want to actually learn stuff would be life changing for her.  It's not at all about making her be the Smartest Special Snowflake in the world.  I actually just think it would be incredible and fun for her and she would freaking love it.  It would be awesome for her to love her school environment instead of being miserable because of it. [/quote]

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