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Post by beeyotch on May 12, 2022 16:23:43 GMT
Yeah, I'm hoping for the same lol! Just touring the schools gave me heads-up on ways to make him more independent, and motor- and other skills he should be working on.
But yes it's depressing how expensive school is if you're not willing to throw them to the public school wolves in certain cities. I forget how lucky I was to go to good public schools for the most part. My husband grew up in Baltimore, though, and he started private parochial school early there too. He said the public schools were just terrible, you didn't send kids there if you could help it at all.
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Post by sputnik on May 12, 2022 17:55:17 GMT
yeah public healthcare and education in this country are so beyond fucked. except for grades 7-9 where i went to private schools because the middle school i was supposed to go to was a fucking mess, i was in the public system my whole life, first in canada and then switzerland and i got a pretty amazing education. swiss public high school was/is super competitive and harder than a lot of private schools because there's none of the coddling or giving kids special attention if they need it but there's a lot of academic pressure/demands.
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Post by czb on May 12, 2022 19:45:49 GMT
public schools here are pretty great because they are heavily subsidized by parents. it's almost like a tithe. but i don't know, maybe it's too intense. in general, middle school has been a shitshow, mostly because a lot of it was remote due to covid. i felt bad for the teachers trying to teach on zoom. bee - when picking preschools i toured several and i picked the one that was the most fun. i didn't go for academics because i think that just shouldn't be the focus for little kids. it was a reggia/montessori hybrid and they really focused on independence and socialization in a 'fun' way. i remember some of the schools that i toured were just too much, too rigid, too academic. even if they are accelerated in preschool, they all get to the same place early in grade school.
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Post by beeyotch on May 13, 2022 1:08:52 GMT
True, it's not academics I care about at this age. He needs social interaction, and a small class size so he doesn't get lost in the shuffle or beat up. He's super passive and sensitive from what I see on the playground and I don't want him in physical altercations. We almost went with a "Nature School" where they're outside all day, but I thought that could lack fun things like organized reading of books, arts & crafts, music.
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Post by MsDark on May 13, 2022 1:48:28 GMT
Interesting note. In my Lamplighter Montessori class in Memphis, TN: Harold Ford Jr history.house.gov/People/Detail/13305He was a nice, intelligent, laid back kid. The complete opposite of his father.
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Post by czb on May 13, 2022 17:27:36 GMT
True, it's not academics I care about at this age. He needs social interaction, and a small class size so he doesn't get lost in the shuffle or beat up. He's super passive and sensitive from what I see on the playground and I don't want him in physical altercations. We almost went with a "Nature School" where they're outside all day, but I thought that could lack fun things like organized reading of books, arts & crafts, music. i get it. the nature schools are kind of cool, the ones around here are just based in parks and kids spend their time running around the redwoods and jumping in mud. they try to incorporate things like music and art. GT was like that. but there will always be some physical altercations because kids are kids. the sensitive ones need to be able to defend themselves. GT learned that the hard way in kindy.
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