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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a foreign country, and it is only in the US that people are like “oh no please no rigor for our child”! In many foreign countries, in K, kids learn cursive, how to read, how to write full sentences, addition and soustraction with numbers between 1 and 100, memorizing poems and someone even told me they memorize times tables in his country. If OP wants more rigor she should be able to find it in this free country. [/quote]

That school was preparing you for life in a culture and society that works very differently than that of this country and society. I say that as a 1st generation mom in a mixed family. Families who continually try to translate the formulaic approach to education that they grow up with that focuses only on academics and scores are going to continue to struggle and be disappointed by how things actually work here when it comes to college, the job market, and professional careers.

As my mom says, there is a reason she worked hard so we could grow up here.[/quote]

DP here. A vast majority of our school system does NOT prepare our children if we are hoping for them to strive for the top jobs. Just look at all the top STEM and research positions, they are disproportionately people who grew up outside the U.S. If the child is smart to begin with, saying the parents should not try to maximize their academic learning makes no sense.  I don’t think anyone is saying any kid should ONLY focus on academics.[/quote]

Hate to tell you this, but there is life beyond STEM and research. And whether I agree with it or not, there’s a lot more money and possibly more fulfillment beyond those fields, too!

-research scientist[/quote]

The premise is obviously around fields that, in the U.S., are available to just about any high achieving students that are vis-a-vis in other countries. PP’s argument is that rigor and focus on academics may work in a foreign country but somehow in the U.S. that same academic rigor won’t lead to similar success.

Of course there are other professional careers out there other than STEM. There are also people who get rich from singing and painting which don’t require academics whatsoever.  Doesn’t mean a kid who is excelling in academics should forego that gift.[/quote]

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