If you read "Transforming the Difficult Child" then you saw that they recommended setting the bar very low when training a child, so they almost have to succeed. They call it "setting them up for success", iow, setting them up to listen to you. The story they told was of training Shamu to jump out of the water the laid the rope on the ground and gave him a fish whenever he swam over it. They just kept raising the rope higher.
How is this supposed to work? I can guarantee my son will NOT listen if you're repeating stuff he's known for years over and over and over! lol They should just give them some more challenge to actually keep them interested! And perhaps have the teacher's aid work with those who truly have some gaps on catching up ... yeah, I know that won't happen because those behind would keep falling further behind but oh how numbingly boring is it for those kids who already know all that stuff?
