Following on from a recent thread, I wonder now about the emphasis schools place on exam results over and above social skills for primary children.
There is a boy in Y1, friend of ds, who is very middling with his work, but has the maturity of a much older child without being annoyingly precocious. He spontaneously greets all the teachers he sees by name in the morning. The family have fallen on hard times but I feel this child will be fine as he has such a confident and sunny outlook and gets on well with other children. He came to play at our house recently and came up to me and apologised, off his own bat, for helping ds turn the room upside down. Still needed reminding to put it back in order, but his attitude is so positive and confident. Can the schools teach this?
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Social skills v. academic skills
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curtaincall · 22/06/2011 10:06
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