What do you do about grade level questions
melissa_hice
I gets lots of questions from the "outside" as to what grade my kids
are in. I generally reply with 2nd grade for Dd(8) and for ds(5) I
just say pre-K. Even though he is nearly 6, he is not ready for the
kindergarten class at church and is much more comfortable in the 4 &
5 year old class. Dd should be in the 2nd/3rd grade class at church,
but she is afraid of that class because the new teachers (parent
team) are making a big deal about everyone reading aloud Bible
verses. Therefore, she goes into the Kindergarten class as
a "helper", which was her idea and she absolutely loves. She loves
to tell me how she helped the others with their papers.
It seems like everyone wants to put kids into some kind of category,
but frankly, the more I learn about unschooling, the more I just want
to say that they are not in a grade level. Of course, that freaks a
lot of people out.
What do the rest of you do about "grade" level? Dd excels at
anything pertaining to math, but is not a reader yet. So what does
that make her (in the public's opinion)? A gifted student with a
learning disability? If she were in school, she would probably be in
special classes for reading, and be working at below her level in
math just to make things easier for her teacher. She doesn't have
a "grade" level. She just IS.
I am absorbing all I can about the unschooling philosophy. It makes
so much sense and my children are so much happier and I am so much
more at peace. This is the first time, since I began homeschooing,
that I feel completely at peace about my "method" of homeschooling my
children. We are just loving and enjoying life and all it brings.
Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks
what grade your child is in?
P.S. Dd forgets what level she is supposed to be because it is just
not something we talk about! When someone asks her, she sometimes
looks confused and I jump in and help her out. Ds doesn't have a
clue and doesn't care! Just thought that was interesting.
are in. I generally reply with 2nd grade for Dd(8) and for ds(5) I
just say pre-K. Even though he is nearly 6, he is not ready for the
kindergarten class at church and is much more comfortable in the 4 &
5 year old class. Dd should be in the 2nd/3rd grade class at church,
but she is afraid of that class because the new teachers (parent
team) are making a big deal about everyone reading aloud Bible
verses. Therefore, she goes into the Kindergarten class as
a "helper", which was her idea and she absolutely loves. She loves
to tell me how she helped the others with their papers.
It seems like everyone wants to put kids into some kind of category,
but frankly, the more I learn about unschooling, the more I just want
to say that they are not in a grade level. Of course, that freaks a
lot of people out.
What do the rest of you do about "grade" level? Dd excels at
anything pertaining to math, but is not a reader yet. So what does
that make her (in the public's opinion)? A gifted student with a
learning disability? If she were in school, she would probably be in
special classes for reading, and be working at below her level in
math just to make things easier for her teacher. She doesn't have
a "grade" level. She just IS.
I am absorbing all I can about the unschooling philosophy. It makes
so much sense and my children are so much happier and I am so much
more at peace. This is the first time, since I began homeschooing,
that I feel completely at peace about my "method" of homeschooling my
children. We are just loving and enjoying life and all it brings.
Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks
what grade your child is in?
P.S. Dd forgets what level she is supposed to be because it is just
not something we talk about! When someone asks her, she sometimes
looks confused and I jump in and help her out. Ds doesn't have a
clue and doesn't care! Just thought that was interesting.
Vicki Dennis
Been a while since my children are all adults now.
But "in the day" we just said "we don't do grades".
Had a dual meaning because we did not do grade levels nor report cards. We
let people decide for themselves what we were talking about.
If people persisted we just said "we do things differently so don't use the
same school trappings".
vicki
But "in the day" we just said "we don't do grades".
Had a dual meaning because we did not do grade levels nor report cards. We
let people decide for themselves what we were talking about.
If people persisted we just said "we do things differently so don't use the
same school trappings".
vicki
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM, melissa_hice <mhice@...> wrote:
> I.
>
> Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks
> what grade your child is in?
>
> P.S. Dd forgets what level she is supposed to be because it is just
> not something we talk about! When someone asks her, she sometimes
> looks confused and I jump in and help her out. Ds doesn't have a
> clue and doesn't care! Just thought that was interesting.
>
>
>
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Pamela Sorooshian
Q: "What grade are you in?"
A: "Not in a grade - I homeschool."
That was the usual and that usually got the questioner to switch gears
and start asking about homeschooling, instead.
Very occasionally my kids would say, "Well, if I went to school I'd be
in 4th grade."
Rosie usually knew what grade she'd have been in because she was in a
lot of activities - Girl Scouts, 4H, and soccer, and grade levels
seemed to come up pretty often for her. My other kids - not so much.
Even right now, I'm not sure if Rosie would be in 11th or 12th grade
this year - I'd have to figure it out. But she'd know, if I asked her.
It is SUCH a big deal to the other girls on her soccer team,
especially - they're always identifying each other and other students
they know by which grade they're in.
-pam
A: "Not in a grade - I homeschool."
That was the usual and that usually got the questioner to switch gears
and start asking about homeschooling, instead.
Very occasionally my kids would say, "Well, if I went to school I'd be
in 4th grade."
Rosie usually knew what grade she'd have been in because she was in a
lot of activities - Girl Scouts, 4H, and soccer, and grade levels
seemed to come up pretty often for her. My other kids - not so much.
Even right now, I'm not sure if Rosie would be in 11th or 12th grade
this year - I'd have to figure it out. But she'd know, if I asked her.
It is SUCH a big deal to the other girls on her soccer team,
especially - they're always identifying each other and other students
they know by which grade they're in.
-pam
On Feb 25, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Vicki Dennis wrote:
> Been a while since my children are all adults now.
> But "in the day" we just said "we don't do grades".
> Had a dual meaning because we did not do grade levels nor report
> cards. We
> let people decide for themselves what we were talking about.
> If people persisted we just said "we do things differently so don't
> use the
> same school trappings"
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C Johnson
I usually tell people we don't do grades and then offer further explanation as needed. Which normally isn't. If I am in a situation where I have to know (like for museum admission), I always ask my children which class they are in at Grandma's church, because most of the time I cannot remember :)
BB,
Chrissie
melissa_hice <mhice@...> wrote:
I gets lots of questions from the "outside" as to what grade my kids
are in. I generally reply with 2nd grade for Dd(8) and for ds(5) I
just say pre-K. Even though he is nearly 6, he is not ready for the
kindergarten class at church and is much more comfortable in the 4 &
5 year old class. Dd should be in the 2nd/3rd grade class at church,
but she is afraid of that class because the new teachers (parent
team) are making a big deal about everyone reading aloud Bible
verses. Therefore, she goes into the Kindergarten class as
a "helper", which was her idea and she absolutely loves. She loves
to tell me how she helped the others with their papers.
It seems like everyone wants to put kids into some kind of category,
but frankly, the more I learn about unschooling, the more I just want
to say that they are not in a grade level. Of course, that freaks a
lot of people out.
What do the rest of you do about "grade" level? Dd excels at
anything pertaining to math, but is not a reader yet. So what does
that make her (in the public's opinion)? A gifted student with a
learning disability? If she were in school, she would probably be in
special classes for reading, and be working at below her level in
math just to make things easier for her teacher. She doesn't have
a "grade" level. She just IS.
I am absorbing all I can about the unschooling philosophy. It makes
so much sense and my children are so much happier and I am so much
more at peace. This is the first time, since I began homeschooing,
that I feel completely at peace about my "method" of homeschooling my
children. We are just loving and enjoying life and all it brings.
Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks
what grade your child is in?
P.S. Dd forgets what level she is supposed to be because it is just
not something we talk about! When someone asks her, she sometimes
looks confused and I jump in and help her out. Ds doesn't have a
clue and doesn't care! Just thought that was interesting.
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time you have been given." Gandalf
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BB,
Chrissie
melissa_hice <mhice@...> wrote:
I gets lots of questions from the "outside" as to what grade my kids
are in. I generally reply with 2nd grade for Dd(8) and for ds(5) I
just say pre-K. Even though he is nearly 6, he is not ready for the
kindergarten class at church and is much more comfortable in the 4 &
5 year old class. Dd should be in the 2nd/3rd grade class at church,
but she is afraid of that class because the new teachers (parent
team) are making a big deal about everyone reading aloud Bible
verses. Therefore, she goes into the Kindergarten class as
a "helper", which was her idea and she absolutely loves. She loves
to tell me how she helped the others with their papers.
It seems like everyone wants to put kids into some kind of category,
but frankly, the more I learn about unschooling, the more I just want
to say that they are not in a grade level. Of course, that freaks a
lot of people out.
What do the rest of you do about "grade" level? Dd excels at
anything pertaining to math, but is not a reader yet. So what does
that make her (in the public's opinion)? A gifted student with a
learning disability? If she were in school, she would probably be in
special classes for reading, and be working at below her level in
math just to make things easier for her teacher. She doesn't have
a "grade" level. She just IS.
I am absorbing all I can about the unschooling philosophy. It makes
so much sense and my children are so much happier and I am so much
more at peace. This is the first time, since I began homeschooing,
that I feel completely at peace about my "method" of homeschooling my
children. We are just loving and enjoying life and all it brings.
Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks
what grade your child is in?
P.S. Dd forgets what level she is supposed to be because it is just
not something we talk about! When someone asks her, she sometimes
looks confused and I jump in and help her out. Ds doesn't have a
clue and doesn't care! Just thought that was interesting.
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time you have been given." Gandalf
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jenbgosh
--- In [email protected], "melissa_hice" <mhice@...>
wrote:
doesen't seem to work too well if my kids say it. My DD has struggled
with this answer, she says people "don't get it" when she tells them
we don't do grades, so she usually says, "If I went to school I'd be
in x."
Rue Kream's book has a great answer for this one, "I'm not in school
so I'm not in a grade." (Her book has LOTS of other great stuff as
well!)
Of course this question often comes from other homeschooling
kids/families. They aren't in school either and yet they ARE in a
grade.
Jennie
wrote:
>I usually say "We don't do grades," which works for me. But it
> I gets lots of questions from the "outside" as to what grade my kids
> are in.
doesen't seem to work too well if my kids say it. My DD has struggled
with this answer, she says people "don't get it" when she tells them
we don't do grades, so she usually says, "If I went to school I'd be
in x."
Rue Kream's book has a great answer for this one, "I'm not in school
so I'm not in a grade." (Her book has LOTS of other great stuff as
well!)
Of course this question often comes from other homeschooling
kids/families. They aren't in school either and yet they ARE in a
grade.
Jennie
diana jenner
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM, melissa_hice <mhice@...> wrote:
He's right on track for Hayden at 9.5
That's what I said to the woman at the UU church I visited. She mentally
calculated a grade, I shrugged. Hayden doesn't much want to be anywhere they
enforce a strict age division. His new friends in our new town range from 7
to 67 - everyone's welcome on his playground ;)
When Hannah was part of a singing girls choir, Hayden was counting the days
until we could say he was "at grade level" for the boys choir (it was an
amazing journey figuring out how old he'd be when, beginning at what age).
He now has this way to calculate ages to the day with this complex formula
he carries in his head (which is pretty accurate!) and doesn't care so much
about grades nor choir.
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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> Okay, my original question: How do others respond when someone asks whatHe's 9.5
> grade your child is in?
> .
>
He's right on track for Hayden at 9.5
That's what I said to the woman at the UU church I visited. She mentally
calculated a grade, I shrugged. Hayden doesn't much want to be anywhere they
enforce a strict age division. His new friends in our new town range from 7
to 67 - everyone's welcome on his playground ;)
When Hannah was part of a singing girls choir, Hayden was counting the days
until we could say he was "at grade level" for the boys choir (it was an
amazing journey figuring out how old he'd be when, beginning at what age).
He now has this way to calculate ages to the day with this complex formula
he carries in his head (which is pretty accurate!) and doesn't care so much
about grades nor choir.
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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Laurie Wolfrum
We usually say whatever grade they'd be in. Sometimes
we add that we homeschool, so we don't do grades, but
that if x was in school, x would be in grade 5 or
whatever.
One of my dds good friends lives across the street and
my dd told me that her parents wish she played with
kids her own age (my dd is a year younger than her).
Isn't that strange?! Laurie
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we add that we homeschool, so we don't do grades, but
that if x was in school, x would be in grade 5 or
whatever.
One of my dds good friends lives across the street and
my dd told me that her parents wish she played with
kids her own age (my dd is a year younger than her).
Isn't that strange?! Laurie
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pentaitalia
I've tried, "We do levels, not grades. My 12 year old is working on
Level 70 at the moment"
lol...of course I was referring to his character levels in his World
of Warcraft gaming! ;) LIttle did the questioner know!
Shonna
Level 70 at the moment"
lol...of course I was referring to his character levels in his World
of Warcraft gaming! ;) LIttle did the questioner know!
Shonna
> I usually say "We don't do grades," which works for me. But itstruggled
> doesen't seem to work too well if my kids say it. My DD has
> with this answer, she says people "don't get it" when she tellsthem
> we don't do grades, so she usually says, "If I went to school I'dbe
> in x."school
>
> Rue Kream's book has a great answer for this one, "I'm not in
> so I'm not in a grade." (Her book has LOTS of other great stuff as
> well!)
>
> Of course this question often comes from other homeschooling
> kids/families. They aren't in school either and yet they ARE in a
> grade.
>
> Jennie
>
Sandra Dodd
-=-One of my dds good friends lives across the street and
my dd told me that her parents wish she played with
kids her own age (my dd is a year younger than her).
Isn't that strange?! -=-
It's the influence of school in our lives.
When people asked me our our kids "what grade," we had several
answers, depending.
Often a kid would look at me questioningly, and I'd say "He would be
in third grade, if he went to school." The next time or two he might
say "third" until he forgot again or got older.
Sometimes the answer would be "I'm not in a grade, we're
unschoolers" (the answer in and among other homeschoolers). Or I'd
say "She's twelve. If she were in school she'd be in seventh grade"
or whatever.
"They're not in a grade."
"They don't go to school."
"I would be a sophomore, but i don't go to school."
I can remember hearing or using all of those.
Sandra
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my dd told me that her parents wish she played with
kids her own age (my dd is a year younger than her).
Isn't that strange?! -=-
It's the influence of school in our lives.
When people asked me our our kids "what grade," we had several
answers, depending.
Often a kid would look at me questioningly, and I'd say "He would be
in third grade, if he went to school." The next time or two he might
say "third" until he forgot again or got older.
Sometimes the answer would be "I'm not in a grade, we're
unschoolers" (the answer in and among other homeschoolers). Or I'd
say "She's twelve. If she were in school she'd be in seventh grade"
or whatever.
"They're not in a grade."
"They don't go to school."
"I would be a sophomore, but i don't go to school."
I can remember hearing or using all of those.
Sandra
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ENSEMBLE S-WAYNFORTH
I can't answer it here, in the UK. I don't know what it means. I've looked on-line but it doesn't stick. So I haven't a clue what year Simon or Linnaea would be in. Just haven't a clue. It makes it easier to answer, I suppose. Or maybe more difficult... People don't really get into it after they hear my accent, I sound so not from here, although to many Canadian as opposed to American.
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
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From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 7:59:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: What do you do about grade level questions
-=-One
of
my
dds
good
friends
lives
across
the
street
and
my
dd
told
me
that
her
parents
wish
she
played
with
kids
her
own
age
(my
dd
is
a
year
younger
than
her).
Isn't
that
strange?!
-=-
It's
the
influence
of
school
in
our
lives.
When
people
asked
me
our
our
kids
"what
grade,"
we
had
several
answers,
depending.
Often
a
kid
would
look
at
me
questioningly,
and
I'd
say
"He
would
be
in
third
grade,
if
he
went
to
school."
The
next
time
or
two
he
might
say
"third"
until
he
forgot
again
or
got
older.
Sometimes
the
answer
would
be
"I'm
not
in
a
grade,
we're
unschoolers"
(the
answer
in
and
among
other
homeschoolers).
Or
I'd
say
"She's
twelve.
If
she
were
in
school
she'd
be
in
seventh
grade"
or
whatever.
"They're
not
in
a
grade."
"They
don't
go
to
school."
"I
would
be
a
sophomore,
but
i
don't
go
to
school."
I
can
remember
hearing
or
using
all
of
those.
Sandra
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From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 7:59:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: What do you do about grade level questions
-=-One
of
my
dds
good
friends
lives
across
the
street
and
my
dd
told
me
that
her
parents
wish
she
played
with
kids
her
own
age
(my
dd
is
a
year
younger
than
her).
Isn't
that
strange?!
-=-
It's
the
influence
of
school
in
our
lives.
When
people
asked
me
our
our
kids
"what
grade,"
we
had
several
answers,
depending.
Often
a
kid
would
look
at
me
questioningly,
and
I'd
say
"He
would
be
in
third
grade,
if
he
went
to
school."
The
next
time
or
two
he
might
say
"third"
until
he
forgot
again
or
got
older.
Sometimes
the
answer
would
be
"I'm
not
in
a
grade,
we're
unschoolers"
(the
answer
in
and
among
other
homeschoolers).
Or
I'd
say
"She's
twelve.
If
she
were
in
school
she'd
be
in
seventh
grade"
or
whatever.
"They're
not
in
a
grade."
"They
don't
go
to
school."
"I
would
be
a
sophomore,
but
i
don't
go
to
school."
I
can
remember
hearing
or
using
all
of
those.
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-I've tried, "We do levels, not grades. My 12 year old is working on
Level 70 at the moment"
lol...of course I was referring to his character levels in his World
of Warcraft gaming! ;) LIttle did the questioner know! -=-
OMG I LOVE THAT!
I wish I'd had that suggestion years ago. It's too late for me now.
Damn.
But Marty mastered all the drum parts on Rock Band at expert level,
and so I was just up there helping him insert credit to buy more songs.
Sandra
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Level 70 at the moment"
lol...of course I was referring to his character levels in his World
of Warcraft gaming! ;) LIttle did the questioner know! -=-
OMG I LOVE THAT!
I wish I'd had that suggestion years ago. It's too late for me now.
Damn.
But Marty mastered all the drum parts on Rock Band at expert level,
and so I was just up there helping him insert credit to buy more songs.
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-I can't answer it here, in the UK. I don't know what it means.
I've looked on-line but it doesn't stick. So I haven't a clue what
year Simon or Linnaea would be in-=-
Oh no. Poor Simon and Linnaea.
At least when one of my kids looked like a severely retarded deer in
the headlights about "what grade?" I could cover for them.
Schuyler, sheesh... They'll look to you and you'll blink slowly
too!? <bwg>
I guess you could say "He's nine; I'm a foreigner; I'm not sure what
year or form he'd be in."
Sandra
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I've looked on-line but it doesn't stick. So I haven't a clue what
year Simon or Linnaea would be in-=-
Oh no. Poor Simon and Linnaea.
At least when one of my kids looked like a severely retarded deer in
the headlights about "what grade?" I could cover for them.
Schuyler, sheesh... They'll look to you and you'll blink slowly
too!? <bwg>
I guess you could say "He's nine; I'm a foreigner; I'm not sure what
year or form he'd be in."
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-Even right now, I'm not sure if Rosie would be in 11th or 12th grade
this year - I'd have to figure it out. But she'd know, if I asked her.
It is SUCH a big deal to the other girls on her soccer team,
especially - they're always identifying each other and other students
they know by which grade they're in.-=-
Kirby was fifteen and working at a gaming store. His best friend in
those days was 15 or 16 and a sophomore at the high school right near
the store.
A student from that same high school wrote a long, two-page article
on D&D (I think; some CCG) and he quoted Kirby in there, and when he
identified kids, as they do in newspapers, it said "Kirby Dodd, junior."
He hadn't asked Kirby or anything, and honestly, Kirby had NO IDEA
what "junior" or "sophomore" meant, but his friend who was
legitimately a sophomore nearly popped and died.
Sandra
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this year - I'd have to figure it out. But she'd know, if I asked her.
It is SUCH a big deal to the other girls on her soccer team,
especially - they're always identifying each other and other students
they know by which grade they're in.-=-
Kirby was fifteen and working at a gaming store. His best friend in
those days was 15 or 16 and a sophomore at the high school right near
the store.
A student from that same high school wrote a long, two-page article
on D&D (I think; some CCG) and he quoted Kirby in there, and when he
identified kids, as they do in newspapers, it said "Kirby Dodd, junior."
He hadn't asked Kirby or anything, and honestly, Kirby had NO IDEA
what "junior" or "sophomore" meant, but his friend who was
legitimately a sophomore nearly popped and died.
Sandra
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harmony
I have told people "I don't know" and had a confused look on my face. I like to see their reaction. I do get asked more often by other homeschoolers.
> -------Original Message-------
> From: ENSEMBLE S-WAYNFORTH <s.waynforth@...>
> Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: What do you do about grade level questions
> Sent: Feb 26 '08 2:13pm
>
> I can't answer it here, in the UK. I don't know what it means. I've looked
> on-line but it doesn't stick. So I haven't a clue what year Simon or
> Linnaea would be in. Just haven't a clue. It makes it easier to answer, I
> suppose. Or maybe more difficult... People don't really get into it after
> they hear my accent, I sound so not from here, although to many Canadian as
> opposed to American.
>
> Schuyler
> www.waynforth.blogspot.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Sandra Dodd <[LINK: mailto:Sandra%40SandraDodd.com]
> Sandra@...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 7:59:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: What do you do about grade level
> questions
>
> -=-One
> of
> my
> dds
> good
> friends
> lives
> across
> the
> street
> and
> my
> dd
> told
> me
> that
> her
> parents
> wish
> she
> played
> with
> kids
> her
> own
> age
> (my
> dd
> is
> a
> year
> younger
> than
> her).
> Isn't
> that
> strange?!
> -=-
>
> It's
> the
> influence
> of
> school
> in
> our
> lives.
>
> When
> people
> asked
> me
> our
> our
> kids
> "what
> grade,"
> we
> had
> several
> answers,
> depending.
>
> Often
> a
> kid
> would
> look
> at
> me
> questioningly,
> and
> I'd
> say
> "He
> would
> be
> in
> third
> grade,
> if
> he
> went
> to
> school."
> The
> next
> time
> or
> two
> he
> might
> say
> "third"
> until
> he
> forgot
> again
> or
> got
> older.
>
> Sometimes
> the
> answer
> would
> be
> "I'm
> not
> in
> a
> grade,
> we're
> unschoolers"
> (the
> answer
> in
> and
> among
> other
> homeschoolers).
>
> Or
> I'd
> say
> "She's
> twelve.
> If
> she
> were
> in
> school
> she'd
> be
> in
> seventh
> grade"
> or
> whatever.
>
> "They're
> not
> in
> a
> grade."
>
> "They
> don't
> go
> to
> school."
>
> "I
> would
> be
> a
> sophomore,
> but
> i
> don't
> go
> to
> school."
>
> I
> can
> remember
> hearing
> or
> using
> all
> of
> those.
>
> Sandra
>
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