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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has actually come out of my MIL's mouth several times:  My daughter is so pretty that it doesn't matter if she does well in school or not.  My daughter will find a nice guy to support her when she becomes an adult.  We shouldn't waste our money or efforts on educational testing, IEP meetings, and tutoring.
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This is the mentality of my in-laws with regard to females. Actually it's even the mentality of a friend of mine. She wishes it was her daughter who was the one with learning issues instead of her son and she wishes her daughter wasn't so driven and competitive because she says it will hard to marry her off if she becomes too successful.[/quote]

Yep.  My MIL would fit in nicely with your in laws.  Can you believe she was a MCPS teacher for many years?

The other bad advice when my daughter was missing reading mild stones was to "Just give it time.  Everything just clicks in third grade".  When reading didn't click even by 4th grade, all we got from the school was we see your daughter has gaps in reading skills but it is no longer in the curriculum to fill in those gaps.   [/quote]

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