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And where does this list of "requirements" come from?
I have teachers in my family and a family friend's mom is a 1st grade teacher in a private school. I have never talked to family teachers about this before but my friend's mom and I got on the subject one day and she said the ONLY requirement (made by the school) needed for the child to pass on to second grade was that the child could write a complete sentence...that meant simply a subject and verb!!!! Ie, the dog walks!!!! No math, nothing, nada, nothing else!!!! Ok I think most of us here can agree that I hope to GOD someone going into the 2nd grade needs to know more than simply subject verb agreement. She says all that they as teachers are allowed to do if they do not think the child is ready is to SUGGEST to the parent the child stays behind. They cannot fail the student if he/she knows how to write a sentence!
Point being....just because he can do most the required things on a list, this may not be all encompassing of what they truly believe he needs to excell. Sometimes lists mean nothing but MINIMUM ability. And if that is the case he should be able to do ALL that list with no problem and then some.
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-pequele
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