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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?
- Yes, most of the time we really have fun together
- Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's really dull and aggravating
- Honestly most of the time it's not fun at all, but it's not supposed to be fun
- I really don't enjoy it at all, and wish I could spend less time with them
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I want to know how a gen ed math and science teacher can give a 5 year old anything less than a "4" when that child can do addition, subtraction, understands basic concepts in multiplication, so many schientific priciples it is scary and the list goes on. This has happened to my sister's dc in public and frankly, it is very telling!
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that a clearly gifted kid can fall through the cracks? that teachers in public are unable to stay on top of every student b/c of sheer numbers? I can think of a million things. NP
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I have a dc in a gen ed and know that these math and science teachers are not the classroom teacher. They see the kids for a very short period of time and have very rigic guidelines they have to follow. It's not possible for them to begin to talk to every kid and gleen that kid's body of knowl. or understanding really.
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You have to understand that the gen eds have a set curriculum and don['t veer from it. A dc like the one you describe may be bored as hell and not even showing any interest. The teachers are so overwrought in the public that they probably are clueless.
[ Reply | More ]I don't understand -- what gen ed has a special math and science teacher for K? Especially one who gives grades. I'm not even sure our K report card has those categories yet.
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The child isn't showing it in school. Who knows why. I would take a guess, the child makes careless errors and that brings score down.
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