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Originally posted by tmdiva
What I've heard (can't remember exactly where) is that smart kids with involved parents will do well in just about any school, and stupid kids with uninvolved parents will do poorly. The quality of the school makes a substantial difference only for those kids who are of more or less average intelligence/motivation, etc.
We've still got another year of preschool before hitting kindergarten, but we're already starting to think seriously about where Magnus will be going to school in the long term, and are stressing a little (at least I am) over the whole balance between keeping him sufficiently challenged and keeping him with kids of his own age group. In preschool, it hasn't been much of an issue because the curriculum is not academic and he gets most of his intellectual stimulation at home. However, I know this will change sooner rather than later, possibly as early as next year in kindergarten.
Anyone else read the article in the latest Time magazine about grade skipping? Anyone have personal experience with this issue, either for yourself or with your kids?
tm
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I skipped a grade, but it was when my family moved from one area of the country to a very very different area of the country. I have no idea whether I would have been happier and/or more normal if I hadn't skipped. I remember a bunch of kids at the new school saying that I wouldn't be able to graduate from high school unless I went back and completed that grade. If an earlier grade is skipped, or if your kid goes to school with non-morons, this won't be an issue.
Don't move your kids halfway across the country when they are in grade school if you can help it. Really, really don't do it twice.
ETA the moving thing may be different if your kid will be in an environment where all the kids get moved around a lot (e.g., military bases). God. Now I'm depressed.
