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Sep. 6, 2008
Preschool - now the required prerequisite for Kindergarten
John works with a lady who was in tears this week over her 5 year old son - just one and a half weeks into his Kindergarten career and things aren't going well. It seems the teacher called her to set up an appointment to meet as her son was having trouble handling the academics of Kindergarten. Each day the children take turns putting up the month, day and year and her son just doesn't get it. It seems he doesn't 'get' a lot of things. He's behind. Exactly 8 days into Kindergarten and already he is behind in school.
How ridiculous! How could anyone be 'behind' not even 2 weeks into Kindergarten? Wasn't Kindergarten supposed to be that optional year to give kids a head start on 1st grade? Wasn't Kindergarten supposed to be about learning how to get along with others, function in a semi-structured environment, listen to stories, learn colors and shapes and letters? Not any more.
You see, this mother decided not to send her son to preschool last year. Because of this he hasn't learned all the 'pre-requisites' for Kindergarten and she is being made to feel as though she as done her child a great disservice. It is working.
I would assume 90+% of Kindergarteners in California have attended 1-2 years of preschool. Most of the kids know all those things Kindergarten used to be about and if your kid doesn't, he's behind before he ever walks through the door.
To add to my complete disgust this week with the idea that we should turn our kids over to the government to start their indoctrination prior Kindergarten, yesterday afternoon I was in Sam's Club with the kids. As the lady at the door was checking our receipt, she asked, "Has school started already, Mom."
I replied with a simple, 'Yes". We've actually been having school for 2 weeks now and she didn't need to know where.
She then volunteered the strangest little tidbit, "You know, they've got a program before Head Start now that will take kids as young as 18 months. They'll even potty train them for you."
Amazing! I'm sure that young mom working at Sam's thought she was doing me a big favor letting me know about this great new opportunity.
Why bother having children if your just going to turn them over to the 'system' at the first opportunity which apparently now comes at age 18 months.
To add insult to insult, as I exited Sam's, I found someone had attempted to remove my Palin/McCain bumper sticker. What is the world coming to?
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