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Re: I feel like a pushy hothouser Tallulah #87196 10/13/10 10:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas La Texican Member
La Texican Member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas	I won't taunt you guys, although I hope to be haPpy. I'm here two years before schoool starts taking notes so that whatever trouble I face I will remember how another family has solved that problem. I did tease my mom and told her about this place. I said all the mothers have the Internet now and can ask each others advice in similar places. How much easier would your motherhood time have been? I told her specifically about a thread where a dozen mothers have admitted to grounding their dc (who read 30 books a week) from reading. She loves to tell of an arguement we had, "how can you ground me from reading!? All the other mothers WANT their kids to read!" I have to agree with Tracygyns, "hothousing" assumes kids naturally dread learning or are trying to avoid it. Pure nonsense. Let it go in one ear out the other. Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar

Re: I feel like a pushy hothouser La Texican #87197 10/13/10 10:42 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 480 T Tallulah OP Member
OP Tallulah Member T Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 480	La Texican, my parents would have done the same things, because they were the things they were told to do then. Grade skips and special schools were seen as a sign of social death. It was the norm to just have kids read once they'd finished their work. They just didn't have the info then they do now. Last edited by Tallulah; 10/13/10 10:43 AM.

Re: I feel like a pushy hothouser Val #87200 10/13/10 10:46 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 480 T Tallulah OP Member
OP Tallulah Member T Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 480	Originally Posted by Val Originally Posted by Tallulah Originally Posted by Val Chin up Talullah; it's no fun, but at least you aren't alone! Val I'd rather be alone. I could taunt you all about how when I went to the classroom the first time the teacher had the other kids pasting squares to make a mosaic, but mine had to tile them in a repeating pattern and calculate how many squares she'd need beforehand. And when they were making sets of ten with manipulatives she was figuring out the factors of ten with manipulatives. And it was so mundane the teacher hadn't even needed to consult about it. But not, unfortunately. Wow...okay. I apologize if I offended you. I wasn't trying to be rude or glib. Sometimes humor can help people feel better about difficult situations, but I obviously failed here. Not sure why you need to taunt us about your child's abilities (?). But if you want to be alone, what's the point of posting here? What do you want? Val Oh, no, sorry!!!! I didn't take you as being rude or glib! I was being self-pitying. I don't want to be different. I just want to send my kid off to school and have them do it all for me. I want them to take care of it without me having to lift a finger. I would love to be able to taunt you about the teacher's abilities, not my childs (which are no different than anyone else's child here). I'm sorry I offended you Originally Posted by ColinsMum Val, I think you're misreading Tallulah completely. I think what she's saying is that she'd happily deal with feeling alone if it was because she was the only person whose child was getting an appropriate education; she'd rather be in that situation than in a crowd along with lots of people who are disatisfied with what school is doing. Right T? yes! That's what I meant! Thank you for clarifying for me before I got back here. Last edited by Tallulah; 10/13/10 10:47 AM.

Re: I feel like a pushy hothouser Tallulah #87206 10/13/10 11:23 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,298 California Val Member
Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,298 California	Phew. Thanks Tallulah and all! No offense taken and hopefully none given. Yes, I would love for all the schools to take care of (most of) our kids education. Val

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