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Originally Posted by Charlatan
It really isn't as simple as that. Most studies in education suggest that what one child can grasp at grade one another will not until grade three. In the end, most kids catch up by grade four (for example).
Failing the kid in grade one wasn't the solution, rather it is important to track and adjust for a different learing curve... a more long term curve.
Education is not one size fits all.
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And I would never say that it is. It's that everyone is so concerned with using a green pen instead of a red one, they're not concerned with actually TEACHING. It may take one kid more time, but there's nothing wrong with that. My issue is not that it takes some longer - it's that the ones who are quicker are being penalized for the whole group. Just as some learn slower, others learn faster - and adjustments need to be made for BOTH. Every school has learning disabled classes along with regular classes, but not every school has gifted classes to go with.
If I'm reading at an 8th grade level when I'm 8, don't hold me back with the rest of the class.
And if I'm getting stuff wrong, it's wrong - that's nothing to do with what a valuable person I am, it's just about learning to understand it and do it right. But they're making it into a self-esteem issue that it never was, and never needed to be. How can I learn if I am only coddled and never taught?