Reply #17: First grade is a demanding academic environment?

[neebob]

If that's true, I guess times really have changed. I used to think my son got too much homework starting in about the second grade, but I wouldn't call it a demanding academic environment.

I don't remember anything from Kindergarten except that I went in the morning and I was sure the afternoon session must be cooler. The only thing I remember very distinctly from the first grade that's longer than a minute is the time I got my mouth taped. So I would say holding a kid back at that age would be a good way to traumatize him or her for life.