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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my kid's kindergarten class, on the free writing exercise on Mondays, there are kids whose parents have taught them three specific sentences and who have spent the weekend practicing those sentences.  It defeats the point of the exercise which is for kids to sound out words and try to write them down, to struggle a bit, etc.
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Wow. Are parents really doing this?  That is messed up. [/quote]

Would not surprise me.  I have a brother who has drilled his kids so much in writing:  "Write 5 sentences before you can play on vacation," etc., that I'm quite sure he's in danger of making them hate it.  I'm constantly amazed at what some parents will do to keep their kids from ever struggling to work anything out themselves.[/quote]

Children need structure so your brother is doing the right thing.

This whole notion that kids will learn for themselves at their pace working things out as they struggle is one of the reasons why our educational system is deficient. But of course the blame will be placed on teachers, the lack of funding, etc when it is often because parents relinquish their responsibility in the education of their children.[/quote]

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