I haven't visited any other boards. I tried the hoagie board but didn't find recent postings, maybe I looked in the wrong place.
But I am surprised the nerve I hit. Thank you Dottie for your comment.
There is a section called Educational Advocacy. Advocacy requires that we push, sometimes hard to get what our children need. We push because we believe our children require those special attentions based on "high" scores and higher achievement on milestones. If that doesn't require some competitiveness, then I missed the boat on what it means. If we were not competitive, we would not be on this board, we would not care how the education system worked.
It is by its very nature, our need to be competitive for the resources our children need.
How's that for rebuttal? Now we could keep this up, but I am getting bored. I am more interested in my other comment about non-linear and linear learning styles and their correlation with giftedness and motivation.
Ren
