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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/b]I think its interesting how many people here bash immigrants and spanish speaking families.  Most of our relatives were immigrants at one point.  Many forget that. [b]

I also find it interesting on here how many people push play based preschools with no academics and they are the same ones complaining about the other kids being behind when their kids are equally behind if they don't know the basics and are pre-reading or reading before going to K.[/quote]
Yes, you’re right. And I’m going to guess that when most of our relatives immigrated here there was no free breakfast and lunch, no universal PreK, no “kindergarten readiness programs” or free school supplies or anything like that. Parents were just expected to you know, do their job. [/quote]

There are plenty of middle and upper class white parents who do very little for their kids.  They send them to play based preschools so the kids don't learn the basics before K. and then say kids just need to play.  They don't review the homework or provide any supplementing or support outside of school.  They use school as a child care center.  They only provide the absolute minimum for school supplies and don't want to participate in the school - our school could not get enough room parents as most expected everyone else to do it.  Its pretty sad (though the school is not welcoming to parents so that may be the bigger issue).

I'm assuming you wouldn't want my SN kid in the school system either as he's also a drain to the system (even though he gets minimal supports).[/quote]

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