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[quote=Anonymous]Love your kid. Give them a strong foundation of confidence and basics of reading and writing.  In first grade why do they have to know how to write an essay? I was 6 starting in K in 1978.  I knew not one word of English.  My English sucked until maybe 4-5th grade.  My parents left me alone until then.  My mom supplemented my English through xtra homework in reading and writing until about 7 grade from there.  I tested at 7 grade to have like 10 grade vocab.  I took AP English through high school and in college continued to get As on papers.  I love literature and I studied international relations and journalism.  This from someone who until age maybe 8 didn't know their stuff as well as any of your kids. Life is long. Waiting a year until they can write you an essay is not going to affect them at age 16.  Talk to me when they are 10.  I picked up Russian with my nanny at age 10.  Not age 3. I speak better and more Mandarin than any of my parents' friends' kids as an adult though I was the only one who did not attend Chinese school at age 8.  Why and how? Because I wanted to and since I'm not an idiot I was able to learn at my own speed.  I had fundamentals and I learned at speed.  Absolutely there should be a standard and a measurement for education but if you can see that, give your kids their childhood and relax.  Calm down.  Metro DC is rated tops in early Ed - whether you deem it enough or it is what you like is another story.  If the standards are being met start stressing when your kid is older like in 6th grade.  Give them experience and confidence learning how to write a sentence is much easier. This is what I hate about metro DC and east coast - people are so anxious about things they need not be.  Again - life is long - preparing too early is not a guarantee your kid will excel or be who you want them to be.  If they are not an idiot, they are going to be ok at age 5!  At age 10 they will start freaking out and wanting to learn as I did.  High school is when you want then to hit their stride you don't want to burn them or yourself out by age 10! [/quote]

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