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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Aiden is not highly gifted in math.  He’s doing algebra with dad in 5th grade—not advanced calculus.

School can not operate this way because too many parents will want to rush their kids through math. The kids who are rushed through will suffer. It affects the school and the teachers who have to teach these kids later and find out they have been rushed through. Hopefully it doesn’t affect the actual level of instruction for other kids but I think we can all imagining how it might.

It’s not about comparisons. Surely you understand quicker or earlier does not equal smarter. I think parents like you are the ones who have an obsession with being the best. Aiden is the best because he was skipped into algebra I in 6th grade? That’s validation for parents who need that sort of thing. It’s a way for Aiden to be the best without him actually being the best.

Aiden doesn’t look as advanced when he’s with his peers in 7th grade Algebra I. He may still shine in that class, or other kids may outshine him in that class because the have a deeper understanding. Even if he’s taking the next year’s math class with a tutor those same-aged, non-tutored kids may outshine him in his school class and I think that’s a source of anxiety for his parents. Much better to just keep pushing ahead... get the skip and rest on those laurels.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Aiden taking the normal math sequence in school. It’s not a race.

My oldest did enter kindergarten reading chapter books. They did not skip her into 4th grade reading. 
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