Originally Posted by melmichigan
I am both relieved that someone is advocating what we would have chosen ourselves and also wondering why the game has suddenly changed? Does that make sense?
Makes perfect sense. Since it sounds like the teacher is being pretty frank, I'd tell her it seems like a change in their approach and ask her about it. It could just be that they're starting to see the changes in the kids as they get closer to middle school and had a reality check. eek