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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Learning to swim at 5 - life saving. Learning advanced math for a 5 yr old...not so life-saving. I really don't get your argument. Yes, we all know the importance of learning math, but does a K need to know how to add/subtract? [b]You don't think a kid can get to AP Calc in HS without having to take kumon or knowing how to add by K? [/b]A lot the bright kids will reach advanced math in HS without having had kumon. It really does happen. [/quote]

Doing kumon math exercises with parents at 4 and 5 years of age for fun and engagement has absolutely nothing to do with AP Calculus, bright kids or advanced math.  The latter issues are part of your imagination.  Why don't you leave other families alone who enjoy kumon math with their young children without digressing to purely irrelevant matters of AP Calculus and bright or dull kids?

I enjoy playing soccer with my 4 and 5 year-old on a team and in the backyard (as with kumon).  Division 1 soccer at Harvard, the US soccer olympic team and the World Cup are purely irrelevant matters (as for kumon) conjured up in your imagination for argument.  No one here is making those imagined arguments.  Some posters simply enjoy kumon or soccer with their kids...and some posters don't.

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OK, but you (I assume it was you) were the one that posted math skills were life saving so I assumed it was because you thought it was important to be in advanced math in HS - like it would lead to some great job that would be a life saver or something.

I really don't care if you and your kid enjoy kumon together.  I was simply addressing your ridiculous argument about learning life-saving skills.[/quote]

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