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As a parent, I notice a disturbing trend that many children (and adults) have diminished or non existent READING COMPREHENSION skills.

I just want to encourage other parents to make sure their kids are being EDUCATED (and not just pushed through), take an active interest, and make sure they understand how to use logic, constructive thought, and COMPREHENSION.

IN a world where there is such instant (and often inaccurate) in formation: tweets, facebook, myspace, text messaging, and even the NEWS...I think the culture is being primed to be lazy thinkers and

IT scares me to think what the future leaders will be if we dont start taking their education seriously NOW.....

i am not a parent.
but an aunt to billions of little kids.
if they're not bringing home As,
i'm smacking them.
it's working.
they're all reading at leasttt a grade ahead.
(:

thanx, I appreciate that

My daughter who is seven as of last october(two weeks ago) well last year she was in first grade and she was skipped half day to second grade, meaning that in the morning she stayed with her normal class but after recess she went next door to the second graders class because she was reading and writing way ahead of her level. Also if I may BRAG(LOL) being that her birthday is late october she is considered one of the younger in her class as is. So technically she is two grades ahead.

Wish I could say the same for my son who is in fourth grade, any advice on that would be great. Getting him to read is like pulling teeth from a crocodile. Of course we do it everynight, but its a lot of drama, crying, confusion---any tips???? He just doesnt seem to get it. He puts forth effort but still seems so confused on the comprehension.

it may seem weird, but I remember a technique my elders used which I believe helped me to do more than read but to comprehend what I was reading

when I was told to do something or not do something, or when they explained something to me,,,,,,they would ask me to explain back what I had just heard

they would correct me as we went along until comprehending became second nature,,,

Many kids have ADHD which is a comprehension disorder. This does not meant they can not learn just that they need more hands on and going about learning in different ways....

I say get them tested to see if there is a underlying problem first. Some are actually dyslexic and parents have no idea or even eyesight problems... Many things need to be checked before one assumes it is due to being pushed through the system.

It is up to parents to find the underlying problems that causes a child to not excel like we expect them too.

Glad to hear that others care. I am in college full time for a teachers degree as well as homeschooling my kiddos. And boy do I ever know about the pushing through school. My oldest was in public school for 2 1/2 years. They did nothing for her, literally. I have her grades.. the first semester, B's and A's.. After that.. F's mostly.. but they wanted her to stay with kids her age, and not educate her. gggggg I brought her from grade 3 level (i took her out at grade 5 1/2) to a 11th grade level in reading comprehension in less than 2 years. BUT it's because I've allowed her to choose what she wants to read (montessori type). And it's helped dramatically. She used to hate reading.. now I have to ground her from books to get chores done.. and she is very dyslexic with a TBI (traumatic brain injury from a car accident).

As far as what I'm learning about school systems.. lol There are some teachers who care, and some who don't.. just as there are better schools than others (due to different principles and team work). I have found out that due to public funding of public schools the better their CSAPS come out as, the more funding they get. So with that being said.. The teachers are re-teaching from the previous year, during the first semester of school.. THEN they teach the kids how to pass the CSAPS with higher standards.. even though they still have to use state standardcs (they do that) but they are just teaching them how to give the school more money.. And on top of that.. it's even worse now days with all the budget cuts. Public school isn't free anymore and is getting more and more expensive (unless your on free lunch programs, etc and at that they still try to push on bills to you, varies I'm sure by school districts or schools).

Don't get me wrong.. there are many awesome public schools.. I found a montessori public charter school recently. Found out they are now able to do this in public schools.. Same teacher for 3 years (building a relationship with one is important to character building alongside with stability, etc)..

Ok.. I could go on.. but I won't. :)