tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362177037726959062.post7597806069113162715..comments2023-04-13T03:11:45.141-05:00Comments on The Gift of Fat: First Day of SchoolMary A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02662061273721145591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362177037726959062.post-87700975790044431322010-08-16T06:52:22.303-05:002010-08-16T06:52:22.303-05:00Hey Mary! You are my best buddy Lex's cyber b...Hey Mary! You are my best buddy Lex's cyber best buddy, and she said you're brilliant...and (as usual), she's dead on! I'm feeling your blog. We (as a familial tribe) were booted out of Catholicism for crazy offenses that were suitably chastised for(we HATE suitable chastisement). When I was 20, I took a job as a Catholic school teacher at Immaculate Conception School for Girls in NJ. It was a strange, crazy, wonderful, sad year. I learned to genuflect and the Catholic version of the "Our Father" (which really means I was left saying, "For thine is the Kingdom and the power..." after everyone else was silently done. Whoops!), and I got a nice set of homemade rosary beads which I was instructed to pray with on inservice days. But the girls were wonderful, and I know through our Facebook connections, they are mostly very successful, good kids who still have strong bonds. Catholic school rocks! <br /><br />Love your blog!Liz Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15431422051251925133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362177037726959062.post-39361701047593594222010-08-10T11:19:54.630-05:002010-08-10T11:19:54.630-05:00Hahaha! I love it! Excellent reasoning.
Yeah, I...Hahaha! I love it! Excellent reasoning.<br /><br />Yeah, I have REAL issues with the gifted and talented program. I was in it, my sister wasn't. Why? Who knows? The "test" I took involved drawing pictures, from what I remember.<br /><br />For now I'm sticking with public school because I'm a teacher and that's MY tribe(plus I have no money), but sheesh, there are lots of troublesome things going on right now.<br /><br />Thanks for answering! Funny post, btw.Alexa Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980266579954005906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362177037726959062.post-48103169014707183942010-08-10T11:03:00.901-05:002010-08-10T11:03:00.901-05:00Alexa --
A couple of things.
1. It's our t...Alexa -- <br /><br />A couple of things. <br /><br />1. It's our tribe. <br />2. #1 son didn't get into the "gifted & talented" despite the fact that he was reading at a 4th grade level in Kinder. We didn't tutor him to take the test, so he missed it by 2 points. Really, really, REALLY pissed me off. <br /><br />So I showed them. I'll pay tuition for 3 kids for the next 20 years. <br /><br />3. He loves it there. He better, for what we pay!Mary A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02662061273721145591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362177037726959062.post-49544303498299847542010-08-10T10:44:31.076-05:002010-08-10T10:44:31.076-05:00Ack! I am dying for the day my daughter gets to p...Ack! I am dying for the day my daughter gets to public school so I can stop paying for all this daycare!<br /><br />I can't deny, though, that there are some troubling trends in public school life.<br /><br />What specifically made you decide on private?Alexa Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980266579954005906noreply@blogger.com