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[quote=Anonymous]Here is the thing.  People are NOT locked in to be early readers and pick up math quickly.  They may do that in grades 1 and 2 and then almost stagnate for grades 3 and 4 and end up right where they belong in grade 6.

I'm sure you are correct that if you push them in grade 3 and 4 you can keep them ahead of where they would be without pushing.  The question is where will they end up when they are left to their own devices?

Our DC was a late reader and got pushed all through ES.  It worked for reading BUT we are paying a huge price in other subjects.  As a rising sophomore, DC now fights to NOT be pushed.

In MS, things got as bad as intentionally handing things in late that we worked with him on to improve once he thought he was "done".

"Your example doesn't negate the fact that children who ARE early readers and pick up math concepts quickly don't get the advancement they deserve in the early grades. Why do those kids need to wait for everyone else to catch up and blossom? Intelligence is a combination of nature and nurture, and if it is not nurtured those kids will stagnate."[/quote]

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