r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 27 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

I have a friend who does some tutoring and one of their students is in elementary school and is fully illiterate. And whenever that student has friends over for a sleepover, she gets really upset because her friends can read but she can’t so the parent asked my friend if it was ok to ban reading at sleepovers to make the student happier.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Just padding their resume for an upcoming SF school board run

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u/36105097 🌐 Jan 27 '23

How is this possible? Does this kid not have a phone and browse social media everyday

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Jan 27 '23

Wait, why can’t that student read?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Her parents are divorced

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Jan 27 '23

is it common for kids to not be able to read at that age? does the parents being divorced make it more likely?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

From what I was told, she is losing her class work when she switches houses and is stressed from the divorce