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My problem is that schools standards are so low that my son was not learning anything there. He spent his days reading his way through the fiction section of t
by cloudwizard 10y ago
My problem is that schools standards are so low that my son was not learning anything there. He spent his days reading his way through the fiction section of the school library while the teachers focussed on the kids that were behind. If he was learning science, math or anything, I would have been happy.
- yellow_postit 10y agoWas this something that varied at other public schools in the area? Unfortunately for location based assignment some of the burden ends up on the parents to select an appropriate district for their children and preferred educational needs.
- cloudwizard 10y agoNo, were at one of the top rated elementary public schools in the Bay Area. We still could not get a math team out of a school of hundreds even when I offered to pay for it. My son had to compete at Nationals by himself.
- emerod 10y agoI had a similar experience in grammar school. I was the only qualified advanced student in English, so I spent class time sitting in the hallway going through the advanced reading exercises by myself.