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Because it impacts my child and his needs. If my child goes into K. reading, he's basically in a holding pattern till the rest of the kids catch up. If my child knows his basics, he's not getting much academically out of school as it is review. If a child is held back, socially it makes it difficult, especially if the older ones, like in our situation are bored and misbehaving which constantly disrupts class time. And, then worse, to fit in, my child initially would try to copy (we put a stop to that quickly as did the school but they cannot get the other kids behaviors under control). This year, in 1st, my child is ready and asking for multiplication and division, but they are working on basics like telling time, which my child has known for several years. So, the only way to meet his interests is to homeschool on top of regular school. Most kids are ready to do more but not being given the opportunity and instead we dumb it down.[/quote]

OP, this is a very sad post.  I don't think you understand how school works.  I taught for years--and never did I have a "homogenous" class.  ALL teachers differentiate--but if by "differentiate" you mean frequent one on one instruction--then you should probably homeschool.  That is just not going to happen.

Here is a very simplistic example:  A K teacher may have a lesson where the children discuss something the kids can all relate to--perhaps the weather.  Then, the class might write a story together on a chart or board.  Then, the teacher may have children read it back to her. In all likelihood, she is helping the ones that are already reading increase their reading vocabulary.  For the non-readers, she is developing "left to right" reading and, perhaps, working on speaking vocabulary.  Then, the kids go back to their seats and do something else with it.  For the advanced, that might be writing a story.  For others, it might be drawing pictures or practicing a word.  As I said, this is a simplistic example--but things like this go on all day in a classroom.

Believe me, your child is not in a "holding pattern".  It is close to impossible to keep an advanced kid from progressing--and no teacher wants to do that.  AS for the multiplication and division, I don't know what the teacher is doing, but I would think that if your child has already mastered everything the teacher is doing, that they are doing something.  And, FWIW, I taught first grade back in the day--and we never spent much time on "telling time".  A day or two certainly won't hurt him.  These days, lots of kids have never seen an analog clock.  Maybe, it takes longer now.

Sounds to me like you need to homeschool.  No school is going to give your child total individual instruction.  Sounds like that is what you want.

[b]And, I still don't get what this has to do with redshirting.[/b]

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Amen sister.[/quote]

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