Re: What has changed?
Posted by: Bobcat on 7/01/09
On 7/01/09, Pragmatic wrote:
> Some students are ready for Algebra in 4th grade. Some, not until 9th.
> It would seem to me that if the math class I was in was appropriate for
> ME, and not just people who are the same age as me, that would be a good
> thing.
>
> Please tell me what I'm missing, Bobcat.
It would be a good thing ... a great thing in some ways (a 4th grader and
12th grader in the same class could cause some problems) ... until the
biggest variable in education gets involved. Yes, I'm talking about that
P-word ... parents. I know that we're the professionals, but parents
will decide that their student is one of the advanced ones and force the
schools to move the kid up. And when one does it, all will do it. For
some reason, the public schools refuse to "anger" parents and use the
education that we paid so much for, deciding where a student is properly
placed.
