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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, but if you don't notice what your child is or is not learning, you are the failure and not the school. That goes for any child at any school, period. If you want to abdicate asking your children questions about what they are learning, doing homework with them and talking with their teachers, friends and friends' parents that is on you.  How you can go years with not knowing what your kid is learning, thinking that "gee, happy kids must be learning" is your fault. I bet it will also be the schools' fault in your mind when your kid is arrested for drunk driving, date rape or theft; but hey, you thought your kid was happy so how could you have possibly missed something. Take some parental responsibility. If a school is not working for your child, you should know about it much quicker. When you have the means to afford an expensive school, you have more options than most other people.

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I think your point is a fair one.  Speaking for our family, we did notice these problems early and discussed with the teachers.  The teachers assured us that everything was fine and we should have no worries.  "Children learn things at different rates and at different times."  "Burgundy covers content in a different order than other schools, so by the time they finish 8th grade, they will have covered it."  All true but with each passing year, it became less acceptable of a response.  So as you suggest, we did what parents should do and moved our kids to a different school.  There is a powerful group think thing going on there ... almost like a cult.  It is a great school IF you agree with the prevailing philosophy of the place.  That is of course true at any school.  [/quote]

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