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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you think it is ridiculous when someone says his/her child is bored in school?

Do you also think it is ridiculous when someone (for example, me) says that they vividly remember being bored in school?[/quote]

I do at a young age.  I don't think truly bright kids get bored.  I remember being bored in physics in high school.  I do not remember being bored every in elementary school...and I was in AAP (then GT) starting in 3rd grade...but before then a regular curriculum.  I think the 'bored' kids are getting a lot of electronics at home AND/OR have behavioral issues in and out of school (antsy, restless, etc.).[/quote]

I replied earlier about my K son being bored.  He gets very little "screen time" at home, has no game systems of any kind, watches tv once in a blue moon, and all that mess.  In fact, he has learned about all the silly "educational" websites in his computer class at school and now I have to deal with his asking to play them at home, which is very annoying for luddites like my husband and myself.  [b]And I am not sure how being antsy or restless equals a behavioral issue? [/b] What little kid doesn't get antsy and restless at times?  Especially boys?  I call that normal.  And the school should deal with the needs of little kids to be active, not force them into sitting 7 hours a day.  But that is beside the point for my kid-he can and does happily read for hours-it isn't an inability to focus or sit still for an activity, it is mental stimulation and spending too much time waiting on the next thing in the classroom b/c he finished the current work 5 minutes into the 15 minute period assigned for it.

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During periods of quiet learning/listening in school, antsy and restless equates to a behavioral issue.  Kids DO NOT sit 7 hours a day - ever, anywhere.  That said, they do have to sit quite a bit and deal with it.  Sounds like mamma is making excuses.[/quote]

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