enigma wrote:
> Omelet > wrote in
> news >
>> In article >,
>> enigma > wrote:
>
>>> there are *so* many reasons my kid doesn't go to public
>>> school. i
>>> just can't do that to a bright kid... and my town's elementary
>>> school is really awful.
>> So where are you sending your kid, or are you home schooling?
>> My parents sent us to parochial schools thru the 5th grade. I
>> got tortured after that. <g>
>
> he goes to a Montessori school right now. if we move to an area
> without a nearby (within 30 miles) Montessori school, he'll be
> homeschooled... well, my SO has suggested parochial school, but i
> don't think they would appreciate that my son calls bible stories
> 'myths'.
> he hasn't got the temperment to do well in a rigid public school
> setting and i won't drug a child into compliance (a fight my SIL is
> currently having with her school system). plus i disagree with
> loading a kid with homework. if you can't teach him in the 7 hours
> you have him in class, you're not much use. once he's out of
> school, his time is NOT the school's to fill with busywork. that's
> not to say we don't have him practice skills, but he needs time to
> be a kid & i need him to have time to do his chores.
> lee
>
I do so agree with you, Lee....

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Jean B.