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Reply to "The helicopter parents won - a look back"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents have no idea what other competitive parents are doing, largely because the extra benefits are kept secret. For example: at my kid’s school, the highest readers in Kindergarten are pulled out to read with 1st graders. It is only five kids and the other parents don’t know about it. That group of children invariably test the highest in math, so they are eligible for math team, and then compact math in middle school. [b]All it takes is a little extra reading and math early on (like preschool) and they get all these extra benefits long term.[/b][/quote] Your assumption is that these kids excel at reading and math only because they were given outside help. Some kids are actually just more intelligent than others, and they receive pull out instruction because it is appropriate for their level of ability. [/quote]
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