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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep, not shocked. It takes the effort of our entire family to make sure our kid makes it to all her classes every day, and it doesn't always happen. It's just so different from being at school where the entire environment is designed to guide kids in the right direction.

This makes me think about my middle school experience, and how the entire thing was designed to acclimate kids to the idea of moving from class to class as they would in HS, and to just generally taking more control over their education. In 6th grade, we were in a separate building where we were in dual classrooms with a teaching team. We'd do the morning in one room and the afternoon in the other, plus go to the gym together as a class. We had lockers but they were right outside our classrooms and our day was still very regimented.

Then in 7th/8th grade we moved to the bigger building and had more independence, but were still sort of corralled by grade so even though you moved around from class to class, you were on the same hallway and had a similar schedule to everyone in your grade, so if you were somewhere you weren't supposed to be, it would be obvious to teachers or administrators and you would get sent to your proper destination.

Then in HS, all the grades were mixed, you had a ton of control over your schedule, could have free periods, etc, with increasing freedom each subsequent year. It was a gradual progression from a very controlled elementary environment to one where we were treated almost as adults and expected to have the same level of responsibility over our whereabouts and schedule. And for the most part, it worked.

B[b]ut now we are asking 2nd graders to operate on the level of college kids -- keeping track of a daily shifting schedule by themselves, remember passwords and computer filing systems, watching the clock to make sure they show up for the right class at the right time on the right day. It's way more than they are ready for. And yes, if you have a SAHP or a nanny or something, it helps, but very few families can afford to designate an entire adult to make sure their 8 or 9 year old is getting to class and turning in assignments and all this stuff that would normally be part of the school's job.[/quote][/b]

+1. This is why it drives me crazy to read all these shaming DCUM types talking about how well, if you had kids, step up and parent them. Like it’s our fault that this isn’t working for kids. It’s so crazy developmental inappropriate for kids to go to school online. That’s why it doesn’t work. And all the energy shaming other parents, if it’s working for your kids, is so counterproductive!  Nobody thinks this is the best way. Except all the online tutoring companies etc, I guess [/quote]

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