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Originally Posted by West Ender
It must be very different in schools where many of the children's first language is not English
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It must be. My kids could read and write before they started school. I am an avid reader and have always read to them and now they both love reading, like me. I am sure that they would suffer if they were at a school where children were entering reception not even being able to say hello in English or not even knowing which way up to hold a book. These things do happen apparently and a lot of teaching time has to be spent on bringing these children up to standard, therefore the rest of the the class are not being given enough attention and support
Parental apathy is another thing that irritates me. How anyone can not be interested in their child's education just beggars belief. Yet there are parents like that. Parents who don't back the teachers up, don't support the school and don't do any work at home with the children or encourage them. What chance have the children got with parents like this?
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