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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]PP who is a teacher.  Thank you for your comment.

OP here.   I have a 4th grader in an elementary that feeds into Deal/Jackson Reed, and a 7th grader at Deal who went to a the same feeder elementary. Both are middling students.  What I'm finding is that by grouping all the kids together, the school system is not structured / systematized to address the kids needs. Further, there's nothing for the kids to reach for.  I want my 7th grader to see, "that is what you need to do to be in honors," and to have something to work for. He has nothing like that now. He thinks he's "fine," and most of the kids and parents have the same attitude. So it's hard to be the lone voice to ask my child to do more than what the school requries for a A / B.  For math, we've been able to find outside vendors (eg, Kumon, Russian Math) to do more than DCPS is requiring and really deepen and solidify his understanding.  But, it's harder for the other subjects.[/quote]

This seems like a recipe for burnout. It seems like a great way to have your kid hate school and scoff at learning. But to each their own.[/quote]

Yes, the way to get kids to “love learning” is to fail to provide them with structure and challenge.

Such a weird point of view but I accept that it is the reigning one for many DCPS parents. Middle school is an extension of preschool, where the goal is to keep kids happy and “loving to learn” as opposed to actually teaching them things or making them work a little. [/quote]

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