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Also affects the class when young summer boys can't behave, which I've seen happen much more frequently.[/quote]

If a kid can't behave when s/he is in the age-appropriate grade, maybe the problem is how the class is being run. A class for five-year-olds should be able to accommodate the range of five-year-old behavior. [/quote]

Kindergarten is no longer geared toward five year olds. Kindergarteners are expected to do things that developmentally nobody should expect til 6-7. [/quote]

I don't think this is true.  My kid's K class they were expected to learn some basic sight words by the end of the year and count to 100.    That doesn't seem to crazy to me, and my child was not 100% successful in either endeavor, but the teacher assured me he is fine, and now in 2nd he's doing great.  Plus, there are so many crafts and singing type games, it seemed to me a lot less strenuous than many pre-k classes.  My young August birthday loved it.
I learned counting to 100 in Kindergarten, too, 39 years ago, so I don't think it's that crazy.  [/quote]

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