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Being 19 weeks behind doesn't sound that bad to me. It sounds like one of those things you can measure but you can't notice otherwise. Sure, still a thing to th

Being 19 weeks behind doesn't sound that bad to me. It sounds like one of those things you can measure but you can't notice otherwise. Sure, still a thing to think about. But haven't you all had a friend who got sick and missed a lot of school? Can you tell from meeting adults that they were ill for half a year during their childhood? Maybe the numbers will capture it, but it doesn't seem like enough to worry about. What I can say is I'm not surprised if people get lower scores after missing school, because a lot of exams benefit from freshness. You sit there and memorize things that are only useful for the exam, you do the exam, and then you flush the double angle formulas from your cache. What really matters is that you have some tools, both intellectual and psychological, to keep learning new things for the rest of your life.

namelessoracle 4y ago
19 weeks is enough to make a kid college ready or not. And it's enough to push a kid that would be eligible to high achieving school to a lesser one.
- lordnacho 4y ago
  Yes because they won't be prepared for exams. But not because they aren't educated.
  - namelessoracle 4y ago
    I dont think you understand how certain key points and milestones can completely make certain educational goals almost unachievable. Let me give you an example. In 8th grade a kid will learn math that will basically put them on STEM trajectory or not. They learn Algebra that sets them up for taking high school calculus or they dont. If they dont, they may get into college, but they will have an up hill battle with STEM trying to learn it there.
    - lordnacho 4y ago
      Well yes if they don't have the prerequisites then they can't progress. But there's no reason you have to have that exact set of lessons to learn algebra. There's the books that you're given, you can read them yourself, there's other books by other people, there's videos, there's catch-up classes, there's tutors you can hire.

namelessoracle 4y ago

19 weeks is enough to make a kid college ready or not. And it's enough to push a kid that would be eligible to high achieving school to a lesser one.

lordnacho 4y ago
Yes because they won't be prepared for exams. But not because they aren't educated.
- namelessoracle 4y ago
  I dont think you understand how certain key points and milestones can completely make certain educational goals almost unachievable. Let me give you an example. In 8th grade a kid will learn math that will basically put them on STEM trajectory or not. They learn Algebra that sets them up for taking high school calculus or they dont. If they dont, they may get into college, but they will have an up hill battle with STEM trying to learn it there.
  - lordnacho 4y ago
    Well yes if they don't have the prerequisites then they can't progress. But there's no reason you have to have that exact set of lessons to learn algebra. There's the books that you're given, you can read them yourself, there's other books by other people, there's videos, there's catch-up classes, there's tutors you can hire.