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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that OP thinks the teacher does not think her child is as smart as OP thinks she is.[/quote]

Travesty.  A wasted year for this poor, gifted child who is "learning" nothing but how to line up against the wall at times.  Tsk, tsk.  Crying shame.[/quote]

Maybe OP is right.  Given the size of most MCPS K classes, especially if OP's kid isn't a behavior problem, the teacher probably doesn't know her well at all.  I know my kid's teacher doesn't.  I've never understood the nastiness and resentment directed at kids who are "ahead" of grade level.  It's like "how dare they think they're so smart".  Well, they are.   That's not a crime.  They're allowed to want to do work on their level.  All kids are.[/quote]

The nastiness and resentment is not directed at kids who are above grade level. For one thing, there isn't any resentment. The nastiness is directed at posters whose attitude is:

1. I know more about education than my child's teacher
2. my child is so advanced that it is learning nothing at school[/quote]

I don't think any posters have said they know more about education than the teacher.  They HAVE said they knew better what their child's level was than the teacher.  Having had that experience and having been proven right, I know that's possible.   Whether a child is so advanced they learn "nothing" at school is obviously an overstatement.  I mean, I have a doctorate, but if I went to Kindergarten for a year, I'm sure I'd learn some things I don't know.  But that doesn't mean it's appropriate to put me at that level.[/quote]

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