I have to agree that the approach to teaching math these days is really strange.
Slightly OT to common core/academic stuff...
My oldest who will be 14 soon, had a buddy over this weekend to practice. They want to start a band. Both are very talented boys. His friend is a drummer. Anyways, so his mom and I were talking about how the talented kids really get the shaft at school, no matter where their talent lies, but especially the music kids because they are really anchored down and there is little opportunity to excel. She's right. There is a standard and kids are expected to reach it but not exceed it in every area as a whole.
Sure there are some avenues for advancement but even those only go "so far". I have a lot of issues with the schooling in our country, Texas specifically. I don't have cookie cutter kids so it's been a struggle in some form or another with their educations. I'm seriously considering alternative schooling for my youngest, because even teachers tell me public school is no place for the advanced nor the delayed. I'm being encouraged by a lot of people/teachers to find a charter school or homeschool co-op. Again, the cookie cutter thing. Just kind of sucks.
When my son started school at three, he was placed in early preschool because he was "not well rounded" well of course not, he was diagnosed with aspergers a yr later. But he started school early because he was highly advanced in some areas but weaker in others. Turns out starting school at three is a bad idea. They didn't make him more round or balanced, they slowed him down and he began to struggle academically and has never excelled since. He began to display worsening symptoms of his diagnoses that were stress and anxiety induced. He still battles this everyday but thankfully has some modifications to take some pressure off of him. I offered to homeschool him or find him a science or music charter school and he doesn't want me to move him. He doesn't like change. :0/
As a result of the mistakes I made in his education, I didn't put his little sister in preschool and I do not plan to put my 3 yr old in school of any kind before 5/6. I say 5/6 because of the placement of her birthday, I think we have the option.
Slightly OT to common core/academic stuff...
My oldest who will be 14 soon, had a buddy over this weekend to practice. They want to start a band. Both are very talented boys. His friend is a drummer. Anyways, so his mom and I were talking about how the talented kids really get the shaft at school, no matter where their talent lies, but especially the music kids because they are really anchored down and there is little opportunity to excel. She's right. There is a standard and kids are expected to reach it but not exceed it in every area as a whole.
Sure there are some avenues for advancement but even those only go "so far". I have a lot of issues with the schooling in our country, Texas specifically. I don't have cookie cutter kids so it's been a struggle in some form or another with their educations. I'm seriously considering alternative schooling for my youngest, because even teachers tell me public school is no place for the advanced nor the delayed. I'm being encouraged by a lot of people/teachers to find a charter school or homeschool co-op. Again, the cookie cutter thing. Just kind of sucks.
When my son started school at three, he was placed in early preschool because he was "not well rounded" well of course not, he was diagnosed with aspergers a yr later. But he started school early because he was highly advanced in some areas but weaker in others. Turns out starting school at three is a bad idea. They didn't make him more round or balanced, they slowed him down and he began to struggle academically and has never excelled since. He began to display worsening symptoms of his diagnoses that were stress and anxiety induced. He still battles this everyday but thankfully has some modifications to take some pressure off of him. I offered to homeschool him or find him a science or music charter school and he doesn't want me to move him. He doesn't like change. :0/
As a result of the mistakes I made in his education, I didn't put his little sister in preschool and I do not plan to put my 3 yr old in school of any kind before 5/6. I say 5/6 because of the placement of her birthday, I think we have the option.
