Re[2]: Ace Program

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>daughter and K-1 for our son.  When we switched to public school =
>(necessitated by a move to the country), our daughter went into 4 =
>grade....but tested out in 11 & 12 grade level on her placement tests.
>= Now, this may sound great, but it actually hindered her.  She knew
>stuff = in her MIND, but she had no real knowledge, because of lack
>of = experience/growth/age value.  Most of the knowledge had no
>revalence to = it.

I'm glad to hear that you are sensitive to your child's emotional as
well as educational development.  I think your own testimony proves
that for your children the ACE system helped them learn their ABC's.
Of course, even in the ACE system you can know what grade they are
working in.  It may also be that the public school's standards are
much lower than ACE's standards.

>I realize how unfair it was to expect =
>every child to be a carbon copy....sitting still in a little cube/desk,
>= quietly doing their individual paces.  I hope things have changed.
>=20
>
>Debbie

I think the beauty of the ACE system is that it allows children to be
individuals.  It stresses personal - not classroom - goals and
rewards students when those goals are achieved.

Children have to learn to sit still sometimes.  We had a break every
hour, at lunch, and gym class on top of that.  We had plenty of time
to work and relax.  My whole graduating class, which was a whole five
people :), scored high on our SAT scores.

Ben Kimbrell