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That is totally ridiculous.

That is ridiculous. Do you ever wonder why public school children, I'd say past the 4th grade, are curious about so very little? Do you suppose the curiosity has been bored out of them by their public school experiences? They aren't graduating high school as educated learners so much as they seem to be on auto-pilot.

[luckystarmom]

My 4th grade gifted daughter was soooo bored last year. She said that dad and I had taught her the math already, and that all she did was write paragraphs. The thing with the writing is that it was very specific, and it wasn't creative. My daughter now says she hates to write, and it first grade she used to write these very creative stories. They were multi-pages long and very entertaining. Now, she doesn't do that anymore because she thinks she doesn't like to write.