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[quote=Anonymous][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!"

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

A school's primary job is to teach not entertain.  Of course it would be nice to have a teacher who made learning fun but invariably, no one is going to be that lucky to have the best teacher for every grade.  Learning to cope with boredom in an acceptable non disruptive manner is part of going to school.

Also, when a parent talks about how "bored" their 4, 5, 6... Year old is, it almost always means that the kid cannot behave with an inference that the kid is really smart.

I have a SN kid, 5, with a 155 FSIQ in K.  He has never complained about being bored but then he does not have behavior issues.[/quote]

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