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[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]

Yes, as discussed earlier in the thread, the 1st grade curriculum includes whole and half hours.  My first grader brought home "whole hour" homework that was easily completed, and then we used one of those owl clocks where you can move the hands to practice whole, half, and quarter hours.  It wasn't a huge investment of time on my part and helped solidify the concepts being taught in school.  Why can't the folks complaining about the curriculum just supplement a little at home? [/quote]

EVERY parent in middle and upper middle class DO supplement at home. Why do you think the test grades are so bad for the poor and lower middle class?  No one supplementing. MCPS is a "great" school district because so many supplement, tutor, camps and more.  If took away supplement and tutors, the public school system would be a COMPLETE failure.

Finland works because as a society they are vested in their child's education and happiness.  Parents stay home with their kids with paid maternity leave and get state childcare when or if they decide to go back. More than half stay home until their child is of school age. Welfare and health insurance are abundant. Universities are free. Loans are 1-5% max.  You can not compare.  They are a socialistic society. The US middle class is shrinking and poverty is on the rise. Not to mention the never ending poor illegal immigrants crossing over. We spend billions on military and getting in everyone else's business. They spend it on education.  We will never be like Finland in anyway, ever. [/quote]

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