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My father passed away last week. I had wills written up for him, he has a small c corp, and we don’t live in a community property state. Mom’s still with us, fortunately.
Besides informing social security, filing a life insurance claim, getting a death certificate, flagging his credit card, and starting the probate process, is there anything else I need to do immediately (in a financial/regulatory sense)?
I’ve been following the guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/death_of_loved_one/ but others guidance is always appreciated.
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I have recently joined FIS Global around end of April. My mother recently met with an accident and she needs to be operated.
I haven't been able to update the anything regarding the insurance part yet on FIS portal.
Will my mother's treatment be covered under the insurance? If yes, what's the procedure for the same? What are the documents that I need to submit in order to claim the amount?
Can anyone please guide?
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It’s pretty early in the school year. I think you should ask more questions - what does being fast mean? Is she rushing through her work or doing math without explaining her logic? What does being too smart mean? If she’s more advanced, how can the teacher help push her thinking? Does the teacher have specific concerns? A good teacher will work with you. If your daughter feels like she’s being ignored, ask more questions - how does that make you feel? How can you speak up for yourself?
IMO academics are secondary at this age, it’s more about learning how to work with others, how to communicate, navigating the classroom setting. You’ll have to evaluate the quality of education, the teacher, talk to other parents and understand how well kids test generally and all that stuff. Although it feels like you prefer a private education and that’s fine too - but feels a little early to write off the current school.
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Play is so important in preschool and kindergarten. Esp for those soft skills that tend to grow and strengthen through social interactions/play/cooperative play/etc
Like executive functioning, language, conflict resolution, social skills, emotional regulation, empathy, cooperation and compromise, fine motor skills, large motor skills…the list goes on.
We should go back to the old days of kindergarten when it was story time, snack, play play play; and in addition, add a half day of letter and number identification, story time, calendar, printing, simple math problems and go from there
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We should be more deliberate in our kd curriculum/ activities, based on research and childhood development imo
How old is she? Go meet with the teacher and get their idea on what to do. If you aren’t satisfied meet with the principal. You could move back to private school or see if the school will move her ahead to 1st grade.
The problem is public school is not designed for the smartest in the class, it is held back by the slowest in the class. The options are advancing her up to the next class, putting her in a private school where she can continue to learn at her own pace, or home school.
If you leave her where she is, she will likely be very bored and could act out or lose her love of learning.
This teacher in particular sounds like she doesn't. Ignoring her smart student and complaining to her mom.
She needs to be in a different class or different school. That teacher is going to focus on the other kids and not your child since she’s advanced; which, will make her begin to lag behind her potential.
Also, I would speak with the teacher first and principal to get ahead of the concern. Your child should not be forced to regress because of her intelligence and advanced level.
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Sounds like your daughter is more advanced than the level being taught. Maybe have her assessed to see what grade level she may be a better fit for. I would contact the school principal to see if they can provide guidance.
PS - The teacher isn't picking her to answer questions in order to give the other kids a chance to answer.
I would try to challenge her outside of school and teach her that school is not just for learning academics, but for making friends and learning how things work in the world. Also teach her that there is a whole big world out there to experience and not to compare herself only to what she has seen so far. Keep her humble and eager to learn.
Thank you all for your insights! She just turned 5. She’s on the younger side that’s why we didn’t try to hold her back. She loves school but has already started expressing a preference for the private school because they are teaching her things she already knows. I’ll schedule sometime with the teacher and principal as well as take an active role at the PTA. Let’s see how it works in the next month or so.
The school administrator should be put your child into a higher grade with a different teacher
How old is she relative to the class? Is she at the very top age cutoff, and/or did you hold her back a year before starting K?
Also, have you spoken to her teacher? Because it’s early in the year, and this could also be a one-sided view from your kid who is just used to a different classroom environment.
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If this is all coming from your 5 yr old daughter, you really need to meet w the teacher. That teacher might give you a different picture, just saying bc it does happen.
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Adults lie more than kids. OP should listen to her kid.
This was me as a kid! what eventually helped me the most was my mom being able to homeschool me, but obviously that's not a luxury all parents can afford, so I'd suggest the teacher allowing her to learn at her pace and then perhaps have the chance to "teach" the slower classmates what she's already learned, because that was another hugely important aspect of why I did well in school at all. Whenever left to my own devices and expected to slow down and keep pace with other kids I felt claustrophobic, and that got so bad that even today I have TERRIBLE claustrophobia whenever I feel stuck in an environment that lacks enough challenge to keepme interested. I'm literally terrified of situations in which I expect to experience that awful anxiety, and it seems to have stemmed from being held in seemingly endless classes with seemingly dumb classmates, feeling crushed in the weight of the "wuawuawua" LOL