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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids. Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests. [/quote] Brain drain issues.. thats a parenting issue. We supplement during the summer and enrich with sports and music. If you are concerned about your child's best academic interests put some effort into it vs. expecting the school to do it all.[/quote] We do, but it's unrealistic to expect this of all parents. My point is that other countries do it better than the US, so why do we still have this backward system? [/quote] We do because many schools in the US do not have a/c. It costs a lot of money to make that happen so until then, we continue with the way it is. Parents do very little these days in terms of education. I don't think it is unrealistic for parents to continue their child's education by something as simple as encouraging them to read. I am a teacher and maybe one out of an entire class of my students will read on our free online reading program during the summer. All of my students have internet access so this is not a barrier. Most of these students have their own tablets and phones. We send home info all year about this reading program and offer incentives if students read. Do they do it? Nope. You can lead a horse to water....[/quote] My kid doesn't need your online reading program. I take them to the library to get actual books so they don't have to spend 5 hours with terrible posture harming their eyeballs by staring at a screen. [/quote] How nice for you. The kids I teach don't go to the library.[/quote]
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