There has been a streamlining of public school education, making it harder for both gifted and special needs kids to move into classes that would benefit them more. This hurts the kids in the middle.
That being said, kids today are still being taught at a more advanced pace, and with more advanced tools, than kids 20"years ago.
It is not just private schools that give out rewards to help boost self confidence. My kids grade school gives out "great kid" awards. I was thrilled when my kids kindergarten teacher told me she would receive one. Later, I discovered ALL the kids at all grade levels get one per year. They make up stuff, like "great sense of humor" for kids who do not earn an academic one.
I discovered this when another child, one who had been suspended for violent behavior already in kindergarten, earned one.
That being said, kids today are still being taught at a more advanced pace, and with more advanced tools, than kids 20"years ago.
It is not just private schools that give out rewards to help boost self confidence. My kids grade school gives out "great kid" awards. I was thrilled when my kids kindergarten teacher told me she would receive one. Later, I discovered ALL the kids at all grade levels get one per year. They make up stuff, like "great sense of humor" for kids who do not earn an academic one.
I discovered this when another child, one who had been suspended for violent behavior already in kindergarten, earned one.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
