Dear SE Slayer; I worked in a school for 12 years the teachers there were worthless as friends because as soon as school started their complete devotion to their students precluded any other activity. The 1+2 nd grade teacher would observe the Kindergarten class figure out strengths and weaknesses and order texts for the next year. Also even the boys had good handwriting, you could look at the papers years later and see the teachers input. A math teacher found his students were not up to his standards so starting in the 7 th grade he took all the math skills from the 3rd grade up, made a full page test that had to be passed, if not a 2-3 page worksheet would be gone through then retested. This was prior to computers so it was all typed by the teacher. When those students got to high school they all just ripped thru Algebra I, finishing the entire text including the 'Advanced" section at the back. This guy got 4 hrs of sleep per day due to his dedication. I worked nights so saw it