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posted by
JimmyA
on August 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM
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LOL...not a show that I would embarrass myself on either. It is tough helping them with the homework....I had a tutor for my kids for Maths way back when they were kids at school. The big changes to teaching methods had just come along and I was lost. It was money well spent.
posted by
Kabu
on August 23, 2013 at 12:24 PM
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I wonder how I would do in fifth grade nowadays.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 23, 2013 at 11:58 AM
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Oh my - I'm not sure I could do that again, I did help the 2 oldest Rugrats when they were living here, but is was Kindergarten and 1st grade. At T's age, it's a whole new ballgame. Courage to you - soldier on!!
posted by
adnohr
on August 23, 2013 at 11:49 AM
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I'm not sure kids have changed so much as expectations.
I was not expected to remember assignments, so I was given a notebook in which to write them down. It was impressed upon me that I was in trouble if I did not remember to write them down, and could not, therefore, do the assignment. I was expected to do it, and no excuses were likely to get me off the hook.
Failure to get the job done had consequences.
posted by
Ciel
on August 23, 2013 at 6:45 AM
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Truncated these days and different. Your wisdom closes the gap that let's you know that you are smarter than a kindergartener. I don't know why that show is name such and I have never watched it and will not. I do not care for anything that overtly disparages adults in front of children or the world.
Remember the children go to school to learn by trained professional to help them learn skills that prepare them for the future world. The skills we learned, other than the basics are replaced with quicker and faster ways using technology. Our children must learn to adapt, and adjust to in the home and in the world (private and public life). We must serve as a rudder to guide them as they learn the new basics.
Be careful to avoid being too helpful. I found some children become dependent. My son told his teacher that he did not need to listen to her in math class, that his mom would teach him at home. Trust me he apologized to her and learned at home I was not his math teacher! 
Unless there is a learning disability, the average child picks up information relatively well in the classroom.
posted by
Dr_JPT
on August 23, 2013 at 5:20 AM
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