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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a troll. My DC (who I was speaking of) will be going into K and I have an older DC going into 2nd grade. I'm very familiar with the school. If you want to actually believe there are no comparisons made and people don't speak of which kids are advanced then you are delusional. No the school does not promote competitiveness, but they also can't prevent parents and other from chatting about their observations. My DC can read, but I would not call it fluently or for comprehension. Nonetheless, DC is not one of the many that can already read. DC is one of the few that can. [/quote]

Can someone explain to me why some Beauvoir parents think the majority of kids going into PreK there can already read fluently if this is not the case?  As someone thinking about applying, it would be useful for me to know.[/quote]

They don't understand the difference between a child's ability to read words (fluency) and to actually understanding sequencing, theme, etc.  Parents like this are all over the place - don't worry.  They like to yelp and complain that their children aren't being challenged in their reading assignments; what they feel the need to ignore is that children should not move on from a level of text if they are not deciphering the important parts of it.[/quote]

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