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Originally Posted by jhempel24
..............................my biggest concern is that the school is requiring them to have some sort of ability to read simple words before being allowed in Kindergarten (which I've never heard of before and sounds crazy). This is a public school, not private................
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Daft ..........
Being "allowed" ?
Don't
they allow for the fact that children mature and learn at different rates ?
As an ex-teacher, I can understand the practice of perhaps putting back a child's admittance for a few weeks/days if the school felt it in the child's interest, that's acceptable practise, but to demand basic reading skills before admitting seems absurd.
But perhaps the school considers parents of all backgrounds, and reading abilities, better equipped to start children reading than trained professionals ?
Smacks of a touch of concern for the school's achievement/success rates, frankly .........and it does save the staff a bit of work of course........
