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7. It may have started even earlier

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 01:12 AM

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When my son entered 4th grade (2003) we went to that open house thingy. When my son’s teacher learned who we were she started gushing about my son’s state testing thingy and informed us he was reading at the 12th grade level. I had to bite my tongue and not ask her when they stopped teaching reading comprehension in school.

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