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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think there is anything wrong with supplementing your child’s education. That is your right.

But a child, or rather their parent, should not be rewarded with special treatment by pushing their kid ahead in the standard curriculum.

Let Aiden study algebra in 5th grade with daddy. But he will not study algebra I in school until 7th grade—along with the other bright kids who had supplementation or not.

No ifs ands or buts.

This argument that because you’ve tutored a child ahead of the curriculum she is deserving of more advanced work needs to die. [/quote]

But why do you care what the school does with Aiden?  How does it hurt your child at all if Aiden is allowed to take Algebra early?  Why isn't it a better model to try to teach kids where they are, rather than having they waste their time at school?  What if Aiden is actually highly gifted in math and not just the product of tutoring?  Do you also feel that all kids in Kindergarten should have to sit through letter sounds and BOB books even if they're already independently reading chapter books, because that would be an equivalent case of rewarding kids with special treatment for having parents who read to them and taught them to read?

Admit it.  You don't want other kids to be pushed ahead because you feel like it makes your kid look worse in comparison.  You're still clinging to the notion that your child deserves to be the best.[/quote]

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