Grand Prairie is where we first moved. Then later to Mansfield. Mansfield had "Honors" classes, but they were never anything really challenging and I did all of them.
On 10/6/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well as I told Dana, I guess I am lucky to have been living in good > districts. And I am not sure where you went to school in TX, but I can tell > you that the ones my daughter went to were not easy. And they had a good > advanced skills program which my daughter participated in and did well. I > think it was called Excel. > > Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This is killing me! > > we just had bad experiences with our schools here which included: > > **My daughter learning to write her last name in kindegarten only to > be told by the teacher that they don't do that until 1st grade. > **My daughter reading well above her grade level but only allowed to > pick books from the library from the kindegarten section. > **The school rotating problem children in and out of class rooms to > spread the behavior problems instead of addressing them. > **The school assigning so much homework that it became a several hour > ordeal each night. > **The problems with certain children whose parents didn't really seem > to care about their behavior > > When my daughter finished her first year of kindegarten, we made the > decision to move her then. The Montessori school we moved to asked if > we would mind holding her back a year because she didn't have the > knowledge level of the 1st years. 1st graders were already doing > division while my daughter had only recently been introduced to > subtraction. There were several other things too. > > After the first year in the Montessori's Preprimary Extension class, > my daughter took her Iowa Basic Skills test and got results of 2.5 ~ > 2.6 in both reading and math, which translates to 2nd grade 5 month. > > but really, it all comes down to where your are. I think Texas blows > educationwise. My public elementary school in Colorado, was very > advanced and I've noticed a ton of similarities between it and the > Montessori. When I moved from CO to SD, I was a little bit ahead of > my peers, but SD made pretty decent strides with creating a Gifted & > Talented class during my first year there. When I moved to Texas in > my 8th grade year, I was given 2 periods as office aid and a free form > study hall all because I had already done the subjects available and > there were no advanced options for me. > > > > On 10/6/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I never understood the whole private school thing. Can someone give me a > > reasonable explanation why we need them? Maybe I am naïve since I never > > attended a private school. > > > > Bruce > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:59 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: This is killing me! > > > > The realization that we can't afford private school for all 3 kids at > > our current spending level has hit hard. I've decided, among other > > things, is that I don't really need to be driving my big truck with a > > $500 payment and a $300 fuel bill each month. > > > > I'm gonna swallow my pride and get something smaller and more > > economical. And even though the Kawasaki Ninja 250R gets 70 mpg, my > > wife won't allow it :). So now I'm debating what to get. I drive > > around 28k a year pretty much back and forth to work with a commute > > time of 2 hours total on a good day. Bad days 3 to 4 hours. > > > > I've been looking at used jetta tdi's in the 12k range which > > corresponds with mileage around 100k. They get somewhere between 40 > > and 50 mpg and are especially good with highway mileage (I drive about > > 95% highway) > > > > I've also been looking at used prius's since new ones are around $27k, > > but I'm just not sure how long the batteries will last before needing > > to be replaced. > > > > Thirdly, there's the ultra cheap new cars, Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent, > > etc. It'd be nice to get something with a long warranty, I'm just not > > sure I'd like driving these this much. > > > > Sometimes I wish I didn't love my girls as much as I do :) > > > > zB > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243747 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
