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Re: Advice please!
Posted by two cents on 10/08/08
I agree. I don't think it has a lot of advantages of skipping
grades and attending college at age 16 or younger.
Look for good enrichment program. She can use the free time to
read books, write books (maybe), attend math competitions or
other competitions, ... anything that interest her. Give her
time to explore her interest, talent and gifts. Don't need to
push her on a fast lane.
Just my opinion.
On 10/08/08, el ed wrote:
> If your daughter is happy and comfortable in different aged
> classes part of the time, then I think things are going ok.
>
> When I was in ele. school the gen. educational thinking was
> that if a child tested way above grade level, just have the
> student skip a grade or two. If a child is in the genius
> range skipping might be the best. (Hubby and I were not in
> this intellectual group or in the same school system)
>
> When this was suggested to my mother, who was not an educator,
> she asked me if I would like this. It did not appeal to me.
> So, she told the school that I was happy where I was and had
> lots of friends in my class. There were other good students
> in the class, so the competition was there. I was happy and
> challenged and kept my good friends, who did not mind that I
> made really good grades.
>
> My husband's situation was handled differently. His dad was a
> reacher/principal and bought into the current education
> "flavor of the time", which was to skip whole grades.
>
> Hubby was not large at all for his age and he also became the
> youngest(by quite a lot) member of the class he was skipped
> to. He did not have the chance to learn the skills in the
> grade he skipped. Making good grades was not cool in the new
> class. It was not easy to fit in, but he got along ok and
> eventually made friends, but he realized later that this may
> not have been the best move for him. Graduating from HS at
> barely 16 was not a good event for him.
>
> I graduated as Valedictorian of my class, but my husband
> didn't work up to his potential, partly because educational
> things were not so important for most of the boys in his new
> class.
>
> The most important thing to me(and my mom and dad)
> anyway, was to be where I fitted in and was comfortable and
> was happy.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/05/08, What to do... wrote:
>> Okay, I'll admit it...I'm a parent who needs advice. My
>> daughter is in second grade. She is mature compared to the
>> other children in her class--she is a Fall baby, the
>> majority of the kids in her class are Spring babies. This
>> is one factor why she is mature but she is in other areas of
>> her life too--very responsible, etc. Her teacher is pushing
>> to have her advance a grade. She was tested last year (end
>> of first grade) using the Stanford Achievement Test. In all
>> areas, she scored way above her grade level--Total reading
>> score, 5.9 grade equivalent; Math 3.0 grade equivalent;
>> Spelling, 4.4; Language, 10.6; etc. and Complete Battery,
>> 4.97. What would you suggest to do with a student like
>> this? Right now, they have her going to a 6th grade
>> reading/language class, 4th grade spelling...She attends a
>> small private school where moving into different classrooms
>> for different subjects is easy to do..
>>
>> Any advice would be wonderful!
>> Thanks in advance!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Advice please!, 10/05/08, by What to do....
- Re: Advice please!, 10/06/08, by Kevin.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/07/08, by GT Teacher.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/08/08, by el ed.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/08/08, by Nancye.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/08/08, by What to do....
- Re: Advice please!, 10/08/08, by two cents.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/09/08, by Juliana.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/10/08, by Nancye.
- Re: Advice please!, 10/21/08, by LbP.
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