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Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... mnmom23 #80859 07/22/10 01:40 PM
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Clay Member C Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 123 GA (for now)	Yeah, this is great. Val, with the other poster's permission, you should write this up and see if Hoagie's or some place will publish it. It's too good to just keep on this board.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Clay #80862 07/22/10 03:02 PM
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BWBShari Member Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,167 NM	As weird as it sounds since I believe my state is 46th overall in education, I'm so glad I live here. My DS7 starts 7th grade part time in 3 weeks without any argument from the school, the district or anyone else. Shari Mom to DS 10, DS 11, DS 13 Ability doesn't make us, Choices do!

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... BWBShari #80863 07/22/10 03:12 PM
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CAMom Member C Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 748	LOL BWBShari- that is the main reason our public charter has been so accommodating. They wanted DS to be in a grade where he'd be able to take the standardized tests and boost the score :-)

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... CAMom #80873 07/22/10 05:07 PM
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Catalana Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 393	Yes and we are in the state rated second for public schools, and you have to fight tooth and nail here to get any acceleration! goes to show you ... Cat

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... CAMom #80902 07/23/10 05:42 AM
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MegMeg Member Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 615	Originally Posted by CAMom Turned out to be more like $200. And yeah... we paid it. I'm amazed that the principal was shameless enough to take you up on this. I would have expected just making the offer to embarass them into doing the skip.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... Belle #80903 07/23/10 06:04 AM
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elh0706 Member E Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 353 PA	We keep getting this "reason"... Every child needs the opportunity to work on his/Her weaknesses. Your child's biggest weakness is an inability to handle boredom. So no grade skips until he masters being bored.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... MegMeg #80912 07/23/10 07:10 AM
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CAMom Member C Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 748	Originally Posted by MegMeg Originally Posted by CAMom Turned out to be more like $200. And yeah... we paid it. I'm amazed that the principal was shameless enough to take you up on this. I would have expected just making the offer to embarrass them into doing the skip. Bad budget times... I'm surprised he didn't ask for more money for school supplies for the next grade up also.

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... elh0706 #80914 07/23/10 07:27 AM
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MegMeg Member Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 615	Originally Posted by elh0706 We keep getting this "reason"... Every child needs the opportunity to work on his/Her weaknesses. Your child's biggest weakness is an inability to handle boredom. So no grade skips until he masters being bored. Easy for me to talk, since I'm not dealing with schools, but I think my response to this would be, "That's not your job." Expanded slightly, "I can teach my child tolerance for boredom at home with household chores. Your job is to teach my child academics."

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... elh0706 #80921 07/23/10 08:30 AM
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Clay Member C Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 123 GA (for now)	Originally Posted by elh0706 We keep getting this "reason"... Every child needs the opportunity to work on his/Her weaknesses. Your child's biggest weakness is an inability to handle boredom. So no grade skips until he masters being bored. That's amazing. Obviously they must not realize how inane that sounds. I can see the need to master the fine art of patience, but to be able to handle boredom? This reminds me of what my dad used to say when I was little and complained of being bored: "An active mind is never bored." Which reminds me of the whole caged up cheetah analogy. Just see what our kids can do when you unleash them from the confines of this unnecessary daily grind... Anyway, you should tell them "Don't worry, I'm sure he'll have plenty of practice being bored in the next grade up, too." (Ok, maybe you shouldn't say that, but, geesh...)

Re: We can't let the kid skip be-cauuse.... elh0706 #80923 07/23/10 08:31 AM
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Prissy Member P Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 70	Actually, I think I'd be asking how they would determine that DC had finally mastered being bored. Is there an assessment for that? Prissy

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