Thanks, guys!! Or girls. It is indeed, helpful to see other people's perspectives.
It turns out that I was just called by the school
. My kid went through some tests (don't know what, but some psychological stuff, too) on Tu, and she scored 95% in math, and 80% overall. For third grade. Not first grade, where she happens to be right now. Her teacher was quite dazzled ("but.. I have 2 more kids that are maybe as bright") and defensive ("she still has things to learn in first grade"). Not exactly clear what, since she scores better than 80% of third graders..
The conclusion: we'll enrich her in class for the time being. Like I have not heard that before. The advantage is that the principal has some black and white documents, and hinted that she would be more supportive (now that she knows that we are not complete nutcases). I think she'll be willing to skip my kid at the beginning of the school year next year. Which might be an OK solution (for lack of a better one).
And.. there is another reason I will probably not consider home schooling. My kid is very recluse and chooses to read whenever she has time off (instead of being with friends). She basically has no good friend. She needs to learn to function in the society, compromise, and make at least a few friends. She can't read her way out of everything
. Given the fact that she is not miserable most of the time coming home from school, I am assuming that she is learning some of that...
PS: I really liked the few lines on justifying being a teacher for your child. I should have thought of them!! Thank you
