tigersgogrrr wrote:So? There's a massive difference between some children accessing more challenging books and books aimed at much older children being given as exemplars.
Yossarian wrote:tigersgogrrr wrote:So? There's a massive difference between some children accessing more challenging books and books aimed at much older children being given as exemplars.
I mean, that’s fair, but what do you do if you are ahead of your reading age? There aren’t many books aimed at 6 year olds with more challenging language in them.
g.man wrote:Might be a bit violent for children.Diluted Dante wrote:Just send them links to the Joe Wicks videos.Wookienopants wrote:So we get sent planning for PE lessons for the kids. Word got out (via my wife) that I used to be a PE coach and also hold a gymnastics instructor qualification so guess whos getting badgered to help all the other parents with their kids gymnastics lessons... goddamn it. Is it selfish if I say no, I'm swamped as is?
tigersgogrrr wrote:Yossarian wrote:tigersgogrrr wrote:So? There's a massive difference between some children accessing more challenging books and books aimed at much older children being given as exemplars.
I mean, that’s fair, but what do you do if you are ahead of your reading age? There aren’t many books aimed at 6 year olds with more challenging language in them.
What are you talking about, Yoss? The point is that it is a shit exemplar, not that children must be banned from reading them on pain of being thrown into a fire.
Diluted Dante wrote:Because you are a massive outlier Yoss. Its a terrible recommendation for that age group.
Yossarian wrote:Thinking about it, maybe it was The Hobbit I read at around that age, with LotR being a little older. I do remember being assessed as having the reading level of an 11 year old at age 6.
Diluted Dante wrote:Because you are a massive outlier Yoss. Its a terrible recommendation for that age group.
Right, but from about the age of 12 or 13 I hated school, I hated education, I wasn’t being stretched, I was bored to tears and I eventually dropped out of it and ended up working in retail.
Perhaps something like this might have been useful in recognising what I was capable of and pushing me towards something more challenging which would have kept me more engaged?
regmcfly wrote:Yossarian wrote:Thinking about it, maybe it was The Hobbit I read at around that age, with LotR being a little older. I do remember being assessed as having the reading level of an 11 year old at age 6.
Diluted Dante wrote:Because you are a massive outlier Yoss. Its a terrible recommendation for that age group.
Right, but from about the age of 12 or 13 I hated school, I hated education, I wasn’t being stretched, I was bored to tears and I eventually dropped out of it and ended up working in retail.
Perhaps something like this might have been useful in recognising what I was capable of and pushing me towards something more challenging which would have kept me more engaged?
Dude this is a pull back and a half. Hobbit vs LOTR might seem inconsistent to us but christ that's a reading age gap.
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