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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the elite publics are less diverse than private.

I have noticed families using Kumon and other services to teach their child.  Drilling their child with math facts, only letting their kid do educational games at the library etc.  I really do not have a problem with people pushing their kids to learn or inquisitive kids that do a lot of learning outside of school.  However, I am amazed at parents who take their kids to Kumon for extra work and then complain about how the school is failing their kid, their kid is bored and that the school needs more differentation for their child.  The entire point of Kumon is preparation and keeping your kid ahead of the school curriculum so how can the school keep up.  At some point when I child is outside the normon they either need to be accelerated to a different grade or left back.

People often use sports as a comparison but I do not recall the gifted athlete saying they need to create a special gym class for me or a special team for me or even more differentiation because most of the kids are not on my level.  The gifted athlete is required to play with their peers and if they want more specialization then they can get it outside of school with travel teams and special instruction.  At some point complaining at school about differentation is pointless and yes I have a kid who is often bored and works really quickly.

I do realize school is for learning and not athletics.
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