If your school separated you by reading groups which level were you at?
My answer:
Neither of my schools did that, or anyway it wasn’t something casual. But in school for the blind where I was for most of my education we often had reading contests – class, school or interschool, in the Central Library, and I kinda liked to participate in them and pretty often was winning some leading places. Also, I don’t know how it is in other schools around the world, but we usually had so, that if we were reading in class, usually the teacher picked a person to read a bit, then another to read another bit and so on, and the rest just followed the text. Because I read quite well, teachers often picked me, just to have it done a bit more efficiently than most of other students would do it and not waste too much time. And I know many of my classmates were annoyed by me, because I usually read pretty quickly and they were lost easily. 😀 Also later on I had a very lazy Polish language teacher who used to take an advantage of the students whom she perceived “more bright” and so she often wanted me to read stuff to a classmate who was dyslexic. So I guess that all says I was pretty good at it.
How was it in your case? Also, do you think separating students by their level of skills is actually good? Are you one of those who think it makes children less self-confident, or do you think it helps children on a higher level to develop quicker, while also helping children on a lower level to go up, but in their own pace and with the support adequate to their needs?
When I was in elementary school we weren’t separated by skill level. In high school for some of the core courses students could choose between taking a regular, honors, or adjusted class. I think it does a disservice to students to advance them to the next grade if they don’t have basic reading and math skills.
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That’s what I think as well. It can be a long lasting trouble for years for them if they won’t gain these skills when it’s time particularly for it.
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Oh, thank you so much for the appreciation! 🙂 I’ll make the award post soon.
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Oh that’s brilliant but there is no rush. Whenever it fits 🌷
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Yeah, I know, but I usually try to write award posts as soon as possible to not forget about doing them finally. 😀 I want people to know I appreciate that they appreciate me.
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🙂 you are much better organised than me 🙂
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Thanks. 😀
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