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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The race to nowhere[/quote]

It is not a race, it is trying to engage your child at a level that challenges them. Do you feel the same about travel sports? DS loves math and is good at it. The math taught at his school is not challenging for him. He needs more then what the school can provide. I can let him be bored and lose interest in math because the work isn't challenging or I can find ways to engge his interest. [/quote]
Work on breath: music, chess, strategy games, art, science, another language.  Many of these kids also struggle with social situations, so find a way to encourage social and team skills.  He can do advanced math too, but it's not the end all be all.[/quote]

DS is in language immersion, we love it for the challenge that it provides him. He says his language is one of his favorite classes at school. He is not going to be fluent in the language in question, that is not really how the program works, but should have a bit more exposure that should help him in MS. He takes music at school. He happens to play a fair number of board games and some role playing games. He does play team sports and he is in Scouts. Heck, we want him playing sports because it gives him something that he can do with a good number of other kids, the exercise is great, and he has fun with it.

I have no problem with the parents whose kids are ahead in a subject and whose parents move them ahead in school. I assume that those parents know their child and think that is the best decision for their kid. I don’t have problems with parents who choose to allow their kid to participate in travel sports or take music lessons or any number of activities. My only concern would be if a child was  doing these things and the kid didn’t want to do it but the parents made them. [/quote]

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