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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree there are certainly ways in which schooling has gotten too permissive, but THESE KIDS ARE 6. The teaching and behavioral approaches appropriate for 6 year olds are totally different than what's appropriate for older kids.

At 6, they need to play and be creative and learn to interact with the world and each other, not spend hours on spelling worksheets.

In Finland, one of the most successful educational systems, kids often aren't even taught to read until they are about 7.

https://taughtbyfinland.com/the-joyful-illiterate-kindergartners-of-finland/[/quote]

When do you think kids should start learning spelling? I don’t think anybody should be spending hours on spelling worksheets, but by 3rd grade I would have expected some correction to be marked. I was helping in class the other day when the class was writing thank you notes by hand (They almost never write by hand at school) and kids were misspelling the word “thanks.” Just one example. [/quote]

Top schools with the highest scores don’t have parents in the classroom unless it’s a special event.  What could you have been helping with ?  3rd graders don’t need parents in the classroom helping with writing thank you cards no matter where they’re at with spelling. [/quote]

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