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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely not. [b]Learning loss has much to do with poor parenting and not student inability.[/b] Go to the library and get your kids some books or have them take any of the 100s of free classes or programs online. My kids loved summer reading programs and would read dozens of books when in k-5 and prob a dozen or more in secondary.

We already go to school too many useless days, especially the first couple weeks and the last two months. Unless advanced track kids can finish 3 years of class in 2 200 day school years, it'll prevent my kids from doing other things they want to do outside of school. And no we are not wealthy and go on trips during breaks. [/quote]

BS[/quote]

Typical ignorant or lazy response from someone that probably "BFF forever" their kid instead of parents them, but expects people in society to do all the teaching for them and blares the siren the loudest when their kid is underperforming. I've seen a lot of these people at PTA and school board meetings.

Unless there is a real medical need and not some of the fad ones these days that "legally" allow parents to let their kids to get away with not doing work, it very much is a parenting issue.

There have been many poor immigrant children from certain extremely low GDP (at the time whichever kid is going to school) countries in Asia who consistently outperformed other kids in advanced classes including history or even English (after a few years) even though they were starting at a language proficiency disadvantage (and faced teaching bias from some educators) and definitely didn't have parents who had functional proficiency in English to help with homework or otherwise game the system. These parents also worked 12+ hours a day.[/quote]

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