I was reading high school level books in 2nd grade. Damn nuns:)
Our daughter’s 2nd grade teacher was fired because too many of her students that year were reading on a high school level. Can you believe that?!? Of course, we can all believe it. How dare she let those kids go to the library to read on their level while she stayed in the classroom to give the slower readers more help. The lesbian principal (with her live-in girlfriend elementary coach) just couldn’t let that happen.
Just so happened that group of kids had involved parents who had previously enrolled their kids in the church’s little pre-school a couple mornings a week. With one exception, they graduated from HS with honors. There they were, Valedictorian, Salutatorian, NHS, all lined up on stage just like they were when they were little. Goes to show what a good foundation can do.