Proud Parent

[Twerp]

Our child has consistantly kept ahead of her peers on her finals. In other words, she's always been a year ahead in her studies of kids her age.

Orly?

[Spider]

I remember we had this really fucking smart kid in my class in 6th grade, and he was reading books about 17th century architecture and really boring shit. He was a nice kid. After 6th grade I didn't see him much, but I went to the new semester of school and there this motherfucker is in my War history class. And now I see him everywhere.

This story had no relevance, but I thought it was funny.

I agree, that was funny.

I don't really understand how they determine your relative grade but I recall being told I was years ahead of the curve too. I'm pretty sure it evens itself out over time. It's still better than being behind obviously but it doesn't mean that when she is 16 she will still be years ahead. That makes sense, right? I mean, a high school grad who knows more than someone with a Masters in something? Not very likely. I'm pretty sure it's more skewed at a younger age.

I also don't see a problem with public school. It allows children who want to achieve do so. You find your own niche and friends and go from there. If you join the Chess club, study for all your tests, and befriend the people who love science and math you will turn out be a smart person. At least in my part of the world. Or you can decide to hang out with kids that smoke weed and grow up to be a dumbass who may or may not think (s)he is smart.

You could argue it is risky but I don't think so, there are risks everywhere. Your kid might run into a bad crowd socializing at this park. The only place that is probably beneficial is an expensive private school. If home schooling was the way to go the rich people would higher someone to home school their kid. It wouldn't need to be a teacher it could be a college student. It's not hard after all, right? They packages or whatever are designed so anyone can do it.

In fact the only thing, according to what I've read, that makes a child who went to private school more successful is the networking. It's a mechanism that allows the rich people to know who the children of the other rich people are so they can ensure those families remain rich. Then its up to the rest of us honest folk to fight over the few remaining spots at mommy or daddys firm. This is something I read in actual academic study. It wasn't originally written by a socialist so he used different words like "socilization" but the point was the same.

All of that is in reply to the various people who posted here. Nothing, obviously, changes the fact that the little girl is a smartie pants, which I think is a great thing.

[Pandagirl!]

Our sex ed was abstinence only. The instructor didn't even know what a female condom was. It was pretty much a joke.

[HeavenSent]

That's not the way it is around here

[Facetious]

I can certainly say that no public school I went to did any of those things. They taught sex ed but it was the most basic shit ever and you could easily opt out of it.

[HeavenSent]

Wait, why do you think the materials being sent to you from that Christian school aren't a part of one of the four dominions of Satan or whatever?

That's a good question.
Some of it is, but it's just a little bit which is common knowledge with students everywhere. This would be stuff like in the way we interpret history. The other main course studies (i.e. math & science) are fairly neutral. The thing about public schools are the way some pry into the child's personal life and encourage the child to rat on their parents. Or impose some kind of medical perscription for hyper children. Or take the liberty to introduce highly sensitive topics in which they have no business doing... like sexuality...

[Facetious]

Wait, why do you think the materials being sent to you from that Christian school aren't a part of one of the four dominions of Satan or whatever?

[HeavenSent]

I'm just wondering man - why don't you let her go to public school?

I wish I was homeschooled. It's not like she's an introvert/extrovert or abnormal from other kids. I think the only abnormality is that she's not exposed to the undisciplined & thoughtless children or the wackos with some godless agenda. I just don't trust my child in the care of strangers... and I know schools are infested with many things I'd rather be in control of when the time comes for an introduction into sensitive topics. ^-^

Our child has consistantly kept ahead of her peers on her finals. In other words, she's always been a year ahead in her studies of kids her age.
A good teacher doesn't have to know all the answers, just how to find them.
If you've chatted with her online you wouldn't believe you were chatting with a 10 year old.

She's not 5 anymore... And she didn't play 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, like she would if she were going to a public or private school.... And no one on SS is shoving shit in her face and calling it academia.

Moreover, she's gets her interaction from the kids in the neighborhood and with hundreds of kids in groups with her summercamp.. which last most of the summer.

My daughter is doing great. She's very intelligent, gets along great with other kids and other parents never cease to let me know how well mannered & behaved she is. Her school supplies & study materials are sent to us from a Christian school which also supplies the lawyers if needed.

We got all the bases covered K?

Edit:> To allow my daughter to go to a public or private school would make me a hypocrite, since I'm always ranting about the world's educational system as being one of the four hidden dominions of Satan's power on earth.
..so there's my motivation.

^-^

[NaiLed]

And John Stuart Mills read all kinds of Greek stuff (Herodotus, Plato) at the age of 8.. (random fact that popped up in my head).

and he still didn't subscribe to a decent ethical theory

[Fidel Castro]

Wait, so I know everyone bitched out Heaven for this already, but did you seriously just say a 4th grader has fucking 11.5 grade reading comprehension?

Fuck that, I want her to do my Pride and Prejudice literary evaluation essay, then read The Importance of Being Ernest.

Fuck Pride and Prejudice, make her read Beowulf and see if she can past a test on that shit. Man I hated Beowulf.


Anyways, congrats. Get a bumper sticker.

[eehh]

Why are Russians so ugly, poor, and stupid then? Do they fail out at 3rd grade?

i blame communism..

[Bioture]

I'm just wondering man - why don't you let her go to public school?

[DoTheFandango]

Wait, so I know everyone bitched out Heaven for this already, but did you seriously just say a 4th grader has fucking 11.5 grade reading comprehension?

Fuck that, I want her to do my Pride and Prejudice literary evaluation essay, then read The Importance of Being Ernest.

[Da1andonly]

genocidal is a foreigner

:wub:

[Zerzera]

P.S. Russian chicks are fukin sexy

Russia has a surplus of women too!