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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question: why don’t some of the parents of the gifted/advanced kids look into skipping a grade if school is so boring for them?  That’s what the truly advanced kids did when I was in school...[/quote]My kid is a September birthday and thus very young for her grade.   Skipping her a grade would put a 7 yo in with 9 yos.  That seems like a bad idea socially--she's smart, not mature.  The challenge is that the math being taught this year is remedial at best.  So slow.  So basic.  So boring.  No critical thinking required whatsoever.  At least 2/3 of the class is bored out of their minds.  [/quote]

They can spend that time working on their numerals. At 7 kids need tons of exercise to get their hand muscles up to speed. [/quote]
100% of 2nd grade math in virtual school is on the screen.  It's typed only this year.  Most of class is spent with kids explaining how they figured out the sum of 7+4 or how they determined the hundreds place in 321.  Think 15 minutes per problem.  Soooooooo slow.[/quote]

The pace of ES math this year is galatial. My first grader is basically going to spend the entire year learning numerals up to 110 and how to add numbers 0-9 to each other and subtract the same from each other. SO slow.[/quote]

Yes, public schools are online but you can still provide a paper and pencil to your kid. My tested at 99th% for math. I make him write equations using the numbers they are working on while he is waiting. Like separating 7 into 2 smaller number and then adding those to 4 etc. etc. Or getting as close to 50 or x using those numbers. He can usually do one thing while the class is talking about the 7+4.[/quote]So you sit next to your son and give him a different set of instructions while the teacher is instructing the class?  Isn't that disruptive? Don't you have a job?  #helicopterparent [/quote]

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