I think that they aren't able to see what the kids are actually able to do, but this is because they assign so many HUGE inappropriate projects that require work at home and parents help probably because they think they're supposed to. They never sent out an announcement to parents indicating whether they want us to help or not help. Up through last year (before the gifted program) i had to sign a form for DD stating that I was her "homework helper" for math and responsible for checking her work. So on the one hand (and one year) teachers want parents to help, and then the next year parents get reprimanded FOR helping. It's very confusing.
