Can anyone tell me what this quote could mean?

Question

Can anyone tell me what this quote could mean? :

"Keeping a child who can do sixth-grade work in a second-grade classroom is not saving that student's childhood but is instead robbing that child of the desire to learn."

I just stumbled across it somewhere and I dont really get it.

Answer 1

This quote means that if you have a very smart child with the intelligence of a sixth grader and then put them in a second grade class you are stopping there growth of knowledge. You are not giving them there childhood by leaving them behind. Instead you are stopping that child from wanting to learn since they will always think that they are brighter than everyone and there is nothing more for them to learn. Also, it will have the student lose their desire to learn as they will also get bored.

Answer 2

It just means if a 2nd grader can do 6th grade work-- they will be bored--"robbing that child of the desire to learn."

You would not put a child that age in 6th grade- however, they should be taught at their own level-- 6th grade.--They should be reading on that level books,  Maybe moved up one grade and attend higher grades for short periods of math and reading.

They need to be with peers--social skills and playing, acting their age is VERY important!!!

Answer 3

I think it means that if someone is capable of something don't stop them there, stretch them, give them harder things to do.

You don't have to listen to me though (i'm only 12.) so I understand.

Anywayz hope this helped! :)

Answer 4

he can learn more if they move him to the 6th grade instead of keeping him in 2nd and missing out on what could be good for him, but their afraid he will miss his child hood of growing up too fast, he wouldnt get to be a kid if they move him to the 6th,.in other words they want to move him up to his level..

Answer 5

I feel it means......Why did they push that child to the second grade when that person wasnt ready to move. Keep the child where he or she belongs until he or she is ready to move. Childhood should never be pushed until the child is ready.

Here is a quote i like: "When the student is ready the teacher will appear."

Answer 6

I don't think that means really anything profound, just a statement refuting the argument for keeping a kid within his age group when he is academically capable of higher placement.

Answer 7

It,s saying that the child is smart for his age and should be put in a gifted class so he can advance in learning to his capabilty

Answer 8

Educators have long since established the "norm" for learning, particularly among younger students.  Some don't fit those norms, and just learn faster and are already capable of algebra when others are just figuring out the basic multiplication tables.  

If you move such a student to a class where the material is on their level, their peers in that class will be physically and possibly emotionally at a higher level, making the student something of a misfit among them, giving them no playmates their age.  

On the other hand, if you keep them with their playmates, they get bored with the material and see their gift as a burden, one that consigns them to boredom, and they sometimes become a problem to teachers when they are the only one that ever answers questions, so they get disenchanted with the whole process and start dreaming of the day they can drop out and get a job at KFC.