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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Telling time started this week :)[/quote]

My kid just brought home empty clock to write the numbers in.  Good lord, how dumb are these kids in MCPS 1st grade??    The most they will learn (per teacher) is o'clock and maybe 30.  Anything else is too hard.   :roll:  B.O.R.I.N.G[/quote]

+1, some of my kid's homework is really dumb.  At least he can get it done quickly then we work on our own stuff.[/quote]

lol.. they are 6/7 yrs old.  Why do they need harder HW?   Some people love to tout how great Finland's education system is, and the kids there don't even start school until 7 yrs of age.  Do you think the education there is dumbed down because a lot of the kids there probably don't know how to read or tell time until they are 6 or 7?

-- signed a mom of a child in a gifted program.  [/quote]

We don't live in Finland and I have no interest in my child being in the gifted program. I have an interest in helping my child be successful.  My child is asking to do multiplication and division.  He's asking to learn cursive.  What should I do, say no?  I should tell my child that he has to put his learning on hold till Larlo and Larla learn to read?  I should tell him, sorry, we cannot learn anything at home, school only.  Or, better, a random person on the internet has said, its a bad idea for him to read as a random person on the internet said so.[/quote]
Your complaint was that the HW was boring.  My DC wanted to learn to tell time and read before K.  So, yes, we taught DC.  But, I still don't see why HW needs to be challenging for 6/7 yr olds.  Your child's success doesn't hang on telling time or having challenging HW in 1st grade.  :roll: [/quote]

Why does everything have to be about your child's success? I would like my child to be challenged at school and enjoy school and learning -- right now. They're there all day for christ's sake; I want it to be an enriching experience. Same with homework. Why should our kids waste time on dull homework?[/quote]

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