Hot housing?
Mine taught themselves, feck all to do with hot housing. I didn't even know dd2 could read as she was non verbal.
But I kind of hope that schools will teach all kids at least something in the first three years. I mean, they do, in terms of sitting still and keeping quiet, and letting other children answer questions. Sadly some schools don't differentiate for ability if kids are outside of the norm. And this is really difficult to explain to children who have been consistently socialised to believe that school is for learning. In fact, most schools don't even have a clue what half of the class is capable of, because it doesn't matter. They are taught to the curriculum. There is no way a y1 teacher could actually know what level maths a child is capable of doing, because it isn't tested. It's not relevant. So the kids get spoon fed stuff they have been able to do competently for three years. And it doesn't even occur to teachers that this might be the case.
And parents have to sit at parents' evening and listen to the 'meeting all targets' stuff again. The targets that they met 3 years before. In nursery. And then they think they are going crazy because is this really it? What is school for? Oh, socialisation. But surely they must have some responsibility to educate? Apparently not.
The infant years can be altogether baffling if you have a bright kid. Because before they start, you assume they are completely normal. You think all kids can multiply and work out change, and read you a story.
But no need to fret, because pretty soon you get some whacko appear who informs you that you have been hot housing your child, and laughs in your face, or makes comments like 'Jesus wept' and rolls their eyes at you. So you learn pretty quickly that your kid is an aberration. And apparently, so are you. If you innocently answer the 'what reading level is x on?' question in the playground, instead of prevaricating or changing the subject, then no one will ever speak to you again, and will whisper about boasting behind their hands and smirk when you walk past. You learn to lie pretty quickly. Or to focus instead on your child's utter failures, pointing them out for the world to acknowledge. 'never mind her reading level! She's crap at, erm, sleeping! Toilet training! She wets the bed!'
Then you find somewhere like mn and a forum called g&t, where in theory you are okay to ask the questions that are forbidden in the playground, like, should school actually have books that dd hasn't read?' and then you find out that even here, you get folk popping in of a Friday night to point and laugh. And make the ridiculous hot housing suggestions.
You know, qod, some kids are clever. Get over it.
I still wish schools would meet the needs of all students. You obviously don't. Give the kid a book with four words on the page, that'll do. No matter if she reads crappy formulaic rainbow fairies in ten minutes and is desperately searching for something that she can get her teeth into and actually learn something. Why should she? She can make do. How very dare she think she deserves an education. She can already read, what more does she want? I bet it's the mother. The mother is always to blame. Bloody child too big for her boots....
Anyway, thanks for proving the point. you are a stereotype all of your own. just sad that you are the very boring majority who are content with substandard education.