http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/forums/school-days/evolving-classroom Comments for "The evolving classroom" en http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/forums/school-days/evolving-classroom#comment-247 <p>Children do not strictly select children of their own age to play with so why do so many adults believe that "peers" must be age related rather than interest or ability related? I have a gifted 11 year old that has grown bored with school because of the belief that it's better to keep children with their age related peers. He's in a gifted program but not allowed to work to his potential, the work is still too easy and he's only in those classes two days a week, the other three days he has to take the same math, science, and language arts as his age related peers. I fear he's going to just as I did in his position, get poor grades due to a lack of interest and eventually drop out. I'm all for multi-age experiences, if it means a child isn't held back just to fit in with children they only see during school. Which brings me to my final point, with children being bused all over these days, how many of these children are in classes with children they actually have a chance to see outside of school? When I was still in school I socialized with the other children in my neighborhood, not necessarily with the children at school.</p> <br class="clear" /> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:25:26 -0500 Annette S comment 247 at http://www.chaskaherald.com http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/forums/school-days/evolving-classroom <p class="B24">The classroom experience of today’s elementary school children would be quite unfamiliar to many parents and grandpar</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/forums/school-days/evolving-classroom">read more</a></p> http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/forums/school-days/evolving-classroom#comments School Days Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:26:30 -0600 Mark Olson 1055 at http://www.chaskaherald.com