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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, the education received (and given) at Hardy is NOT MEDIOCRE. [/quote]And education at BASIS is accelerated ... only. Rushinhg in everything, skip math lessons, finish a book in a few weeks, 5 essay questions to be written in a week.

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That has indeed been our experience at Basis, and that's why we moved out our DC after 5th grade. She could solve a math problem set in 20 minutes, but when it came to write a letter to her cousin we realized her writing has stayed at 4th grade level.[/quote]

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That's too bad.  I think that BASIS understands that its English program has been weak in the past and is working hard to improve it.

We are very happy with 5th grade English this year.  They've read three novels so far and written two to three essays on each.  They worked on public speaking and each gave a presentation on some aspect of the Great Depression.  They had a unit on poetry, studying about a dozen poems and writing two more essays on poetry.  They've also studied a great deal of English grammar all year (maybe 1/3 of their class time) and have several grammar assignments each week and various grammar quizzes and tests.

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