Failed kindergarten? You guys can fail the first year of school, the one where all you do is play with toys and learn how to interact with other children?
In my area of the USA what you described would be called preschool which, yes, you can fail. My sibling was held back because they were shy. Here kindergarten is more structured learning like any other grade.
In Britain we have “reception” (when you’re aged 4-5) which is the first year of primary school, and I assumed equivalent to your kindergarten. I don’t recall there being much formal education in the same way as there is for the rest of school, but it was definitely more structured than preschool/nursery/playgroup that you’d go to beforehand.
In my country, yeah you might need to retake it. I mean if you’re not understanding the concept presented why force your passing to have you struggle at you’re second year if school. But that will not be considered failling just retaking.
OK, I think I was just thrown by the use of “passing” and “failing”. Repeating the first year based on development makes sense, but “passing” and “failing” imply you’re taking some kind of written exam and need to qualify for a position!
My brothers repeated because they had trouble socialising. That was the official reason, but they were bullied and the hope was they could be more assertive given another year. So yeah, they essentially failed that “interact with other children” part.
Failed kindergarten? You guys can fail the first year of school, the one where all you do is play with toys and learn how to interact with other children?
There was a kid in my class that had to repeat kindergarten. It happens.
In my area of the USA what you described would be called preschool which, yes, you can fail. My sibling was held back because they were shy. Here kindergarten is more structured learning like any other grade.
In Britain we have “reception” (when you’re aged 4-5) which is the first year of primary school, and I assumed equivalent to your kindergarten. I don’t recall there being much formal education in the same way as there is for the rest of school, but it was definitely more structured than preschool/nursery/playgroup that you’d go to beforehand.
You do want a kindergartener to have number/letter recognition by the end. Able to count to 10 or 20, recognize the full alphabet.
In my country, yeah you might need to retake it. I mean if you’re not understanding the concept presented why force your passing to have you struggle at you’re second year if school. But that will not be considered failling just retaking.
OK, I think I was just thrown by the use of “passing” and “failing”. Repeating the first year based on development makes sense, but “passing” and “failing” imply you’re taking some kind of written exam and need to qualify for a position!
My brothers repeated because they had trouble socialising. That was the official reason, but they were bullied and the hope was they could be more assertive given another year. So yeah, they essentially failed that “interact with other children” part.