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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you think that your child should NEVER be bored in class? I ask this will all seriousness. I think that so many helicopter parents think that their children must be catered to at all moments so that their desires will be met at every moment.

The thing about going to a school is that your child is part of a community of learners. That's right, a community. You go to class with a number of children, and you have to learn as part of a group. There [u]will be times when your highly gifted child will be bored[/u], and there will be times when she is challenged. Your child must learn how to be engaged with the material, to a certain extent, on her own.[/quote]

I think you might be addressing me (13:45), who talked about her son being idle a lot in science and social studies (and math and foreign language, too, since we on the topic).

I agree with you!  I agree so much that I am weirdly out of step with my parent peer group in that I insist DS have lots of unscheduled time after school / weekends.  At his age, that's extremely unusual in my zip code.  However I feel passionately that kids need time for the minds to wander (without a screen) and take them wherever.

That said, the ratio of idle mental time :: challenging engagement during SCHOOL hours is (way?) off for my DS.  There's too much sitting around, or "choosing a book" or "going over your journal again" or sketching.   I'm sorry, but that's the way I feel.   The balance is off.

I agree with you, up to a point, about meshing with the 'community.'   It's never bad to hone social skills and feel a part of something.    However when that comes at the expense of reaching your potential day after day, month after month ... that's not cool.[/quote]

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