Do you consider travel acceptable to miss school? (child care, friends, problem)
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I despise when people say small children get nothing from traveling and therefore its a waste. Children have as much ability to learn as anyone else, as evidenced by all the people saying missing school is the end of his schooling career. Either he is capable of learning i.e. needs school every hour its offered and therefore can also learn from a trip abroad OR he is not capable of learning from a trip abroad and therefore school is probably a waste at his age anyway
Weird bc
A. You'd think first grade math is something any parent could teach.
and
B. In my kids' lower grade classes, the math skills this early on are all over the place from student to student. Some are working on addition and subtraction of 1 digit numbers while others work on simplified algebra concepts.
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Most people, yes. "Teaching" first grade math is playing games of a certain sort with them!
Current math curriculum at this age is not mastery based (which is good)! Those topics will come back 'round and are nothing that cannot be done at home.
Good Grief! I (and others) give an example, and people are all over the example. Missing three weeks of school which I did in first grade with measles IS a big deal, no matter where I was with my math before I got sick or how it was taught!
And if it's so trivial that it can be done at home, why go to school?
Last edited by Katarina Witt; 07-09-2019 at 09:03 AM..
Good Grief! I (and others) give an example, and people are all over the example. Missing three weeks of school which I did in first grade with measles IS a big deal, no matter where I was with my math before I got sick or how it was taught!
It sounds like it was a big deal for you but that doesn’t mean it would be a big deal for others.
Most kids my age never went to kindergarten!
It's important now because it is DAYCARE which supports the two income family.
I don't think kindergarten is even required still. School is compulsory between age 6 and 16. I wouldn't skip kinder but you can go to kinder at daycares which aren't technically schools and it still counts.
I don't think kindergarten is even required still. School is compulsory between age 6 and 16. I wouldn't skip kinder but you can go to kinder at daycares which aren't technically schools and it still counts.
It’s not required where I live. One of my kids didn’t go to it nor did she go to preschool. She’s no worse for the wear for having started school in first grade at the age of 6.
[quote=Katarina Witt;55623410]Good Grief! I (and others) give an example, and people are all over the example. Missing three weeks of school which I did in first grade with measles IS a big deal, no matter where I was with my math before I got sick or how it was taught!
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I am sorry that it was hard for you! I don't think three weeks in first grade is or would be a very big deal for most kids.
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And if it's so trivial that it can be done at home, why go to school?
So if 3 week absence is not a problem then school has no value. Is that how logic works for you?
It’s not required where I live. One of my kids didn’t go to it nor did she go to preschool. She’s no worse for the wear for having started school in first grade at the age of 6.
Many years ago I was a child care provider. I had a lot of interaction with the early childhood educators at the local school as I had some disadvantage little ones in my care. ALL of them focused on the social/emotional skills (rightly) at this age. Three weeks away would have been problematic for some, depending on their home life, but not most.
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