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[quote=Anonymous]I was bored in school a lot growing up, and was not badly behaved. I am not a genius but read, etc. early. I remember in kindergarten there was a "See Jane and Dick Run"-type book series we were supposed to go through at our own pace, and I was bored bored bored with it the entire year. In 3rd grade I went to a magnet school that did grade level placement testing, and was placed in 5th grade reading. Then I switched back to my first school and in 5th grade, I did the exact. same. reading. book. again. Super boring. In neither situation was I allowed to do anything different. And really, I don't know how a public school teacher with 25-30+ kids in their class could allow certain kids to do their own thing in the classroom without it being disruptive.

I can certainly see why it could be obnoxious if a parent bragged about their kid being bored in school, depending on context. I have a SN child with lots of delays so believe me, I am sensitive to the hurtful/bragging/obnoxious potential of even innocuous statements like "my 10 month old is walking!" "my 2 year old has 50 words!"

But that doesn't mean some kids aren't, in fact, bored. [/quote]

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