I can remember staring out of the window for months in certain classes occasionally giving an answer that seemed so obvious I wasn't even sure that it needed to be said when the teacher would ask the class a question and being surprised at the teacher's vigorous head nodding LOL. [...]
I desperately wish for my DD not to end up in that same boat...
oh dear me, YES to all of this. my husband and i were talking about the "obvious answer" thing a few months ago - it's still happening to him at his work. sometimes he doesn't speak up in meetings because he assumes the higher-ups have previously rejected the solution he sees so clearly. it's so, so depressing. mercifully, i work alone and mostly deal with clients over email - his situation would literally drive me crazy.
we're homeschooling the kid this year - and i'd say my desperate need for her to know what actual learning feels like is the number one reason we pulled her from school so early in the game.
