Education Or Fun?

[Brunette 10]

You've probably decided by now, but I have a 5 year old, and I wouldn't. Their education at this stage is as much about relationships and personal development as anything else, they don't need to be fast-tracked at 5. I'd ask if they could give her some more challenging work in the normal classroom environment, I think. xxx

[Jabberwocky 46]

We decided to allow her to do it.

 

We asked my daughter and she clapped her hands, leaped excitedly and said `Oh goody, lots and lots and lots of work!`

 

God knows where she gets that attitude and her intelligence from, the little creep, but she`s actually excited about it all! We`re giving her a sort of trial period to see how she is, I went into a similar thing when I was six and immediately hated it and before long I was back in the mainstream part of the school and happy again so if shes anything like I was at that age, she`ll realise that hard work isnt actually fun!

[Saff 10]

We decided to allow her to do it.

 

We asked my daughter and she clapped her hands, leaped excitedly and said `Oh goody, lots and lots and lots of work!`

 

God knows where she gets that attitude and her intelligence from, the little creep, but she`s actually excited about it all! We`re giving her a sort of trial period to see how she is, I went into a similar thing when I was six and immediately hated it and before long I was back in the mainstream part of the school and happy again so if shes anything like I was at that age, she`ll realise that hard work isnt actually fun!

 

It's great that you're all happy with the decision. I really hope it all works out.

 

I can remember asking my teacher and neighbours to give me homework at primary school (we were never set any when I went to school), what a geek!

 

Soon got sick of it at secondary though!

[Melanie 10]

When I was school, all I wanted to do was learn (especially Maths).

Whilst in primary and juniors I feel that having the same teacher all day every day for the whole year was very beneficial; abilities were recognised and I was given the appropriate work. I didn't need to be segregated from other kids - that's what red, blue, green and yellow 'table' in each class were for!

However, when kids attend secondary school I feel they become somewhat lost, with so many different teachers and having to move around the school all day for different lessons.

[duckweed 10]

My daughter was moved into a special maths class with much older children when she was in Primary. The older children wouldn't talk to her as in their eyes she was just a baby and didn't belong with them and she lost her friends in her age group as she wasn't there all the time and many considered her as stuck up. Her maths was great but socially she was damaged and at 18 still finds it difficult to socialise. Children learn most of their social skills in the early years, ie. up to the age of 7 so I would be concerned about removing her from her peers at such an early age.

[Jabberwocky 46]

Well its her first day back after the Christmas break and she`s gone into the new class. The little rat is thrilled to be going in there but I have the feeling that she`ll find it all too much and before the weeks out she`ll be asking to go back with her friends.