No, I'm not going to do extra work with her at home on her music. She doesn't care about it & she doesn't have to. She wants to focus on maths, science & tech. We are not interested in ticking boxes.
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I am secretly amused to read that she has a poor attitude towards philosophy. She doesn't. She's very interested in ethics, reason & how people think. I now really want to know what it is they've been trying to teach her that she is not receptive to.
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What is particularly interesting is that whilst she is said to have a poor attitude towards philosophy, she is also doing well at it. Clearly, she gets it. She just doesn't like it. I suspect that if they had taught me philosophy at school, my report would say much the same thing
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Schools need to tick all boxes but children are people and will not hit the mark at everything. As a parent, I am delighted mine is doing so well in STEM subjects & adequately in English. If she doesn't like music & philosophy & French, so be it.
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She should have done woodwork like her mum.
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You can't know what you are good at without knowing what you are bad at.
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And you shouldn't have to learn this by acquiring an indelible mark on your record.
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The C I got in choir did no permanent damage
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Once you get a C, you can never have a perfect 4.0.
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You can still have the highest SAT score in your graduating class and, as we did in times long gone by, get voted most likely to succeed. I however was never asked to star in a high school musical.
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Not being particularly interested in music is an unpopular notion. People are appalled, you are supposed to love it! I like birdsong, wind chimes, the rest is mostly elaborate noise. Quiet is underrated.
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I was the exact opposite. All philosophy and languages, zero technology and maths. I'm not sure I'd take kindly to a school telling me I should be "concerned" about that at all.
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