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In article <1993Jan21.161440.936@varian.com> susan@csbvax.uucp (Susan Finkelman) writes:
>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...

You have stated it well; all the schools do even moderately well is
child care, and we have also seen that they do not even do that well.
Would you send your children to a child care center which allows some
of them to beat up others?

How much should "teachers" who can only do child care be paid?
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