Re: first day of kindergarten and homework!

enigma wrote:
"frank megaweege" <wvhillrunner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1155732950.057195.111660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


I respect the position of keeping your child out of the
school system if you don't agree with the concept. It's
much better than enrolling them and creating an
antagonistic relationship.


i endured public school. it was such a waste of my time, but my parent's didn't know there could be options. i do know about the options & i choose not to subject my child to the herd mentality of public education. yes, i most likely would be antagonistic. i was a quiet child (except for the time i told that 2nd grade teacher i didn't need school because i could read & learn anything i wanted to know... she took my Arthur C.Clarke book away from me & made me stay in from recess). i had a *lot* of issues with public schools, from bad teachers, to overzealous jr. high guidance councelors labelling me "schizophrenic", to poor scheduling on the part of the high school so i couldn't get the classes i needed to get into premed... not to mention abject boredom & suffering through dealing with "peers". yup, i *hate* public schools.
lee

I had a similar experience to yours (most vividly from middle school through high school, and I was at a top rated public high school in the state) - but realistically is private school really that much better? I suppose you can pick and choose more, but there's still the inherent issues (peers, 'required courses' and materials, and other issues to go along with expensive private school (overzealous parents wanting to buy their kids way into ivy league, spoiled kids, etc...). Its a hot issue where I currently live, as the public schools aren't rated terribly high and by middle school most kids go to expensive private schools. We aren't sure what to do - for now our first grader is in a solid public elementary school and we are happy with it so far, but trying to weigh all the options for later....

c.
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