This is definitely the way to go. Because, ya' know..... the REAL WORLD makes adjustments for everyone so everybody can get a trophy.... amiright?
There are company leaders, and there are those who clean the toilets. Plenty of both are needed ya' know.... :shrug:
I'm of two opinions on this - one is, my son has severe learning disabilities but has shown he frequently gets hard concepts but has great difficulty demonstrating that he has learned it.
And I know he learns differently - and every year I meet his new teachers and inform them at length what techniques work and especially which ones will be useless.
And some of them listen - and some of them listen politely while quietly hoping I'll disappear, because, you know, how dare I. Me, the world's foremost authority on my son.
That's one opinion - that if one technique doesn't work, find one that does.
But the other is that teachers CANNOT tailor learning individually to each student. They can try, but there's just not enough teachers.
ULTIMATELY - your education is your own responsibility. While a good teacher can inspire and encourage, at some point in life, the only teacher you really have is yourself.
YOU must run the race, read the book, study the details, do the experiment and YOU must learn from failure (since it's rare that anyone learns from success).
As a parent, you are the child's primary teacher - like it or not, you have already taught him the most important things he will ever need to know or do.
Talk. Walk. Listen and behave. Play fair. Honesty. Integrity. Charity. Hygiene. But it's also your job to teach him.
I coach my kids when I know how to. Teach them to throw and catch, how to swim. How to ride a bike. Bait a hook and cast a line. All kinds of things.
My dad taught me math and engineering. Woodworking. History. Poetry. My mom taught me sociology. Music. And humor.
So yeah - teach what works. That's the school's job. If they're failing students, they need to adjust.
However, parents and especially yourself - that's your job.
