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jolalee 發表於 15-2-12 16:15
回覆 Artie 的帖子
You are absolutely correct that it is the confidence of the parents and not neces ...
I never took the time to go through the details of that article. I never really thought about that either. I put my kids in school as "small babies", like I said, simply because we needed a school. And, my thought was also that, if things were not as smooth, I could always let them "repeat" one year. Not necessarily in the same kindergarten/primary school. At that time, international schools were not as demanded as now, and it was not exactly hard to find a place.
Anyway, it turned out that both my kids were doing fine. I do not remember kindergarten teachers complaining to me about their developments and abilities. But, again, note that we are talking about international kindergartens. I do believe international kindergartens are much less demanding and more tolerant than local kindergartens. However, this sub-forum is an international school sub-forum. So I guess we can focus on discussing what the expectations are at international kindergartens. In any case, I think the thing is, everyone's development is different. May be we do not have to care so much about those studies. A specific "norm" sample might not work for everyone. Some smaller children can have really high aptitudes. Some older children can have slower developments. I personally know a kid that delay one year of schooling, even she was born in May. It was an ESF school that suggested this girl to delay one year. But that was many years ago. (Lost contact with this family but the girl was a couple years older than my daughter, so she should be 20 years old now.) Not sure whether ESF schools can be as flexible now.
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