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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyway... back on track here.  Isn't it sort of pretentious for a parent-- only 2 weeks into school -- to declare that her daughter will be bored for all of K?  I think some people are really delusional about their own children's abilities.

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It's not pretentious. It's just silly. Ideally[b] it's a misconception that will correct itself with time[/b].[/quote]

Or, you know, not.  My son (the one who suggested different teaching techniques to his teacher) became more and more disengaged as the school year went on.  By spring, it was awful, and he was incredibly depressed and anxious.  A FIVE YEAR OLD, depressed over how awful school is.  I promise you it wasn't "silly" or a "misconception" that corrected itself over time.  On the contrary, the longer he was in that environment, the more he exhausted his coping resources.

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Did you declare after 2 weeks of kindergarten that your son would be bored for all of K? That's the silly misconception. Nobody can know this after 2 weeks of school.[/quote]

No, we didn't declare that for our son, because we were first time parents with foolishly lofty expectations of the school's quality and ability to reach individual students.  Knowing what I know now, I can say with absolute certainty that my daughter, entering K next year and extremely similar to her brother, will be bored (unless of course her personality changes or she unlearns everything she currently knows, in which case maybe K will be a stimulating and learning-rich environment for her).

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You are ridiculous.  Your son is as well if he can't do an assignment whether he wants to or not. [/quote]

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