parents: skipping kindergarten

[RACER X]

so we signed up april for kindergarten this week.

we;ve been talking to alot of parents and many are dissatisfied w/ the level of education provided in most schools. we are in 1 of the best dist. in the country, but the reality is any-kid can sign up for K no matter there level of education and they are all lumped into the same class. i know of kids starting next yr, that can't spell their names let alone write it out. so you have kids who can read and kids who can't write the alphabet, so who's gonna get the most attention? while the top of the class gets bored.

april is reading and doing spelling, heck she spelled orang (missed the e) at lunch time today by herself.

we've been told you can take a test and place outta K and got straight to 1st grade. has anybody done that?

if she passes this test, we can decide whether she stays in K or goes to first, and also it opens up doors for AP classes.

anybody have their kids skip K ?

[Rider]

Why would you want to do that? Let your kid be a kid. Your cheating him out of an entire year of his youth.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Rider

Why would you want to do that? Let your kid be a kid. Your cheating him out of an entire year of his youth.

Unless you have the ability to hang out with him or her and make that time worth while.

I send my son to Kindergarten because A) I didn't even know skipping it was an option, lol and B) For the socialization and to make friends.

Education doesn't even factor in...I've seen the shit they teach in grade school.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Rider

Why would you want to do that? Let your kid be a kid. Your cheating him out of an entire year of his youth.

I agree.

Especially when they get older there is a lot to be said for being surrounded by kids their own age.

[RACER X]

cuz she'll be bored silly in class. guess it's an asian thing.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by RACER X

cuz she'll be bored silly in class. guess it's an asian thing.

How do you know she'll be bored?

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Rider

How do you know she'll be bored?

they'll be reviewing the alphabet and spelling her name......she's reading.

and they have to dumb down all the classes.

she's be in pre-k, and the school teaches all that they do in K, where kids who stay at home may or may not do lessons, they just hang out all day.

even now, she goes 1/2 day to daycare where they are still going over the letters and comes home and does 20-30min off homework, either reading , math and spelling.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by RACER X

cuz she'll be bored silly in class. guess it's an asian thing.

No its not. My son is pretty bored as he had most of the basics down before he started school. School is pretty boring, always has been and always will be. The difference now is the complete lack of physical stimulus vs. when I was in grade school.

When we went to school I came back from PE and recess tired and ready to sit down. Now they barely even get their heart rate up.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by RACER X

cuz she'll be bored silly in class. guess it's an asian thing.

Then homeschool or send her to an advanced academy.

It's not an Asian thing, it is an IQ thing.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by shmike

Then homeschool or send her to an advanced academy.

It's not an Asian thing, it is an IQ thing.

we've thought about homeschooling, but we like the socialization aspect of it.

thought about private school too, but in talking w/ my sis who also though about private school, they don't teach alot more AT THIS AGE then public schools

Originally Posted by Tsunami

I would let her skip if she can Ed. I think she can makes friends just as easily in first grade. But you know I am Asian too

I was always in the gifted classes until I moved away to a school that lumped all the dummies together. Guess who got bored to tears which did effect my schoolwork later on.

see the asian mindset......