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In article <00727506198@elgamy.jpunix.com> elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green) writes:
>The problem is: what does a teacher do when s/he is handed these kids, told
>"Here, these kids are 4th graders, they learn 4th grade math" -- and the
>kids can't reliably do subtract with borrow and are at a loss when it comes
>to place value? What about the two kids in my class who can't even add and
>subtract without counting on their fingers, putting sticks on their paper,
>or some other counting method?

And what does a parent do when she tries to get her child to give up
the counting aids in the 2nd grade and again in the 3rd grade and is
told by the teachers that the children will be using them in school until
the fifth grade if the children would like to?  We teach our kids at
home and use the school for childcare as we both must work.  Something
is wrong here...
Susan Finkelman
susan@varian.com