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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should we not frame this discussion around Kindergarten classes meeting/fitting the intellectual, physical, social and emotional needs of the Kindergartener rather than a discussion of the age of the child?  Isn't this the primary function of Kindergarten (or any elementary school classroom) not a triage or filter around the chronological age of a child?  What does age have to do with this fit?  Some 5-year-old will be ready, some will not.

I like the ass-backward discussion revolving around chronologic age rather than a launching pad for a great education.  I'll take great teachers and classmates and a stimulating and challenging educational menu any day over a homogeneous class defined soley by chronological age in years and months, height in feet and inches, or weight in pounds and kilograms.[/quote]

Thanks, you are soooo correct! People are just followers, so they don't get it. Their expectations are so low, they don't realize the schools are punking them with this whole concept of allowing them to redshirt. The schools don't know how to teach modern minds. Half of the damn teachers are scared of technology integration, the principals do not care, and this allows them to get away with it. Stop it. Demand more for your money folks. Oh, I forgot, we just complain to each other, not the Board of Ed and the people who need to change it.

Wake up![/quote]

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