Let's teach everything in the syllabus... not!

The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage. As long as you are determined to cover everything, you actually ensure that most kids are not going to understand. You’ve got to take enough time to get kids deeply involved in something so they can think about it in lots of different ways and apply it – not just at school but at home and on the street and so on.

(Brandt, 1993)

What a great quote and why don't we follow it? We know it's true - come on folks, have some more self-belief . If you know what the end point is; if you know the breadth of the syllabus/curriculum and its demands, then do it for your kids. Teach them what they need and teach it well.