REPORT CARDS GO HOME FRIDAY!!!

[Dual]

Yeah, jack, things have changed.

The last little ones I taught were pre-school (4 and 5 year olds), and they were learning pre-reading and writing skills. Most had learned to write letters, some even knew how to write their names. All could recite their colors in Spanish.

The push for reading readiness is getting younger and younger. Don't get me started on phonics vs. whole language instruction...

For me:

Preschool: Addition, subtraction, very basic reading and writing.
Kindergarten: More complex reading/writing, basic multiplication.
First grade: More complex multiplication, writing "research essays" (like one sheet about a particular dinosaur or some shit and a picture) based on info we found in the library.
Second grade: Division, filling lame project boards and doing class presentations, multipage typed papers.
Third grade: Fractions

That's about when I stopped learning. :S:

 

[Friday]

Oh, and I had one 5 year old autistic boy in my class who was reading on a fifth grade level. He taught himself to read by using the closed captions on the TV.

Tisiphone, that one's for you!

 

[Friday]

For me:

Preschool: Addition, subtraction, very basic reading and writing.
Kindergarten: More complex reading/writing, basic multiplication.
First grade: More complex multiplication, writing "research essays" (like one sheet about a particular dinosaur or some shit and a picture) based on info we found in the library.
Second grade: Division, filling lame project boards and doing class presentations, multipage typed papers.
Third grade: Fractions

That's about when I stopped learning. :S:

Yep, that about sums it up.

Why did you stop learning, Dual? You seem to be a very bright and gifted young man.

 

[Dual]

Yep, that about sums it up.

Why did you stop learning, Dual? You seem to be a very bright and gifted young man.

School was boring as fuck and I found other things that were more enjoyable, like reading, the internet, cable news, and rockets.

Formal educations are overrated, anyway.

 

[FBI parte due]

If you're one of the few natural autodidacts out there, sure.

If you can master Lancanian psychoanalysis just by reading a bit of Zizek, more power to you. Most people really do need a college education for that, though.

 

[Tisiphone]

Oh, and I had one 5 year old autistic boy in my class who was reading on a fifth grade level. He taught himself to read by using the closed captions on the TV.

Tisiphone, that one's for you!

Shit, he must not read very well then! <wg>

 

[Loktar]

Nope, kindergarten ain't like it was when we were kids. He's learning Math, Science, Reading, Writing, Social Studies and pretty much all the stuff you'd learn in first grade, just not at that level. They grade you on a numerical scale, I can post his report card on FB to show yez.

If he gets all perfect scores like last report card, we're going to ask the teacher to give him first grade work. I don't want him getting bored.

LG works VERY hard to make sure his homework is done, and that he does he letter sounds every night. But honestly, he's so smart it's all easy for him. Her praise and encouragement is what will keep him an excellent student.

WTF? This is America, Not Japan. What happened to our lazy attitude toward life and education, America?

 

[Tisiphone]

I'll be the most horrific parent. I'll be like "fuck homework! Let's go outside and water balloon people!"

 

[jack]

I tought my kids it was ok to kill any teacher that didn't give them an A so that took care of that.

 

[Tisiphone]

I never got a's, so I won't expect my children to.

 

[Loktar]

I never got a's, so I won't expect my children to.

Yeah same here. B- and C+ for me.

 

[Tisiphone]

Fuck, I didn't even pass half my classes.

 

[Loktar]

Fuck, I didn't even pass half my classes.

I barely passed my Math and Science courses. I was more of a bookworm back then. Only one in English class to read the books but not do so well on the quizzes because I'm not doing the easy route and reading Cliff Notes.

 

[Tisiphone]

Well, I also had this problem with not going...

 

[Loktar]

Ah...

 

[Tisiphone]

Yeah, I heard that gets in the way.

 

[Dr Dave]

I hardly ever got good grades in school.

 

[Big Dick McGee]

I always made honor roll, at least until I got to high school and discovered the evil discipline known as "Algebra". My Freshman year I got all A's except a B in science and an F in Algebra. Had to go to summer school. Same thing junior year, got an F in Algebra II, had to go to summer school. Thank God for Geometry in Soph year, and elective language senior year!!

Anyway, I fully expect my boys to get good grades, and LG and I will work with them until they do. We're just lucky, Scott is naturally intelligent, and I'm sure Grey will be as well.

 

[Laker_Girl]

Scott knows how to read a write a hell of a lot more words than cat and dog and simple words like that. He has little books at school and he was reading them to me last night at Open House. He's super smart, people are always impressed with his incredible vocabulary and his correct use of complex words.

Pressure is off...For now. He got all A's (Advance) and P's (Proficient) and +'s for behavior. Last night I was talking to his teacher and I said that I knew his behavior could be "special", meaning sometimes he can be demanding of attention but then she said to me, "He is special." And put her hand on her heart. He is a wonderful, sweet boy and he makes me so proud.

Scott is naturally intelligent but he works really hard too. We're very lucky parents for sure and I have no doubt that our next son will be just as intelligent.

If you're wondering if I'm going to give Scott's natural mother any credit the answer is, NO. She sees him 4 days a month and spends most of that time buying his love.

 

[Dr Dave]

Cash or credit?