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It those situations she can always find a word for each letter. Choose a theme! Animal names? Count by 2s! Make a song out of it.

I'm not being contrary, PP. And, I'm not the PP above. Just sharing some of the tactics I've used to get through homework assignments. I was G&T tracked at a young age and learned to create fun for myself. I'd list a whole bunch of three digit numbers and add them up, while the other kids finished an assignment that I'd already completed. In high school, I remember using the end pages of the blue book to write out sonnets I'd memorized because we all had to stay in the testing room until time was up. You find a way, PP. I was taught that it was impolite to complain and unfair to those who needed that exercise or time, so I had to get creative.
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Were you not bored while you were adding three-digit numbers and writing down sonnets you'd memorized? Or were you merely less bored than you would otherwise have been? [/quote]

I resorted to these things and spent time expanding on whatever the topic at hand was in order to stay occupied. I was really into fairy tales when I was a small child and read through our local library's shelves on stories from around the world. So, Aesop's Fables to the Greek and Roman gods, Swedish and Yiddish folk tales---I read them all. I'd take things from class and use what I was learning elsewhere to make it more interesting for myself. Later, I studied the ancient world at home and used that to add interest in class. I got in trouble for humming in class as a kid because I'd play classical music in my head while focused on handwriting. I'd use the periodic table to "play" in class when we did our spelling work. I can't remember being "less bored." From what I remember, this tactic saved me from ever being bored. I was content having my imagination to apply in these classroom settings. Call it a coping mechanism, if you will. I mean, how do any of us get through departmental meetings? As an adult, I enjoy watching office politics play out or working through a list in my head. I'm guilty of playing the country name game at work or naming books on a certain theme while sitting through a presentation. I did this with African motherhood the other day, while my (university) students prepped for an in-class assignment. What do any of us do when putting away groceries or vacuuming? Isn't it all the same thing?[/quote]

[b]So, you are projecting your interest and experiences as the ideal for what it should be for kids who have very different interests.[/b]  My kid has no interest in Aesop's Fables.  He is more interested in learning geography, higher level math and a few other things.  So, in your class because that is what you are interested in, that works for all?  You are basically encouraging kids to check out with daydreaming and creating their own little worlds rather than engaging and stimulating them.   I send my kid to school to learn.  K. is supposed to provide a strong foundation and learning to daydream and check out because the foundations my child needs are not taught is not a good start to academics.  My kid needs help writing paragraphs, spelling, higher level math, and more complex topics in science.  Teachers need to get to know their students, understand where they are at and meet those individual needs.  I don't want my child coping.  I want my child learning.[/quote]

Nope. I'm relating my personal story, demonstrating how I handled being "the bright child" in a standard educational setting. I imagine everyone works differently.

Are you always this angry?[/quote]

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