I went to public school in So Cal until HS where I moved to Jackson Wyoming. Understand that was in the 70's and 80's. I had never heard of private school, and even if I had we were dirt poor so I would have never had the chance to go. I could and can afford to send my daughter but she is doing fine in public school She spent most of her years, up until her Sophomore year going to school in the Keller ISD in North Fort Worth, TX. Every school she went to was an exemplary school, which is why we never moved out of that district until moving back to Ca. She did fine here as well, and now she and her mother live in South Dakota, and she is doing better than in Ca. All public schools. I would love to have been able to home school her, but I have to work. But I guess that is what you are getting at, it is where you live. I guess I was lucky to live in good school districts.
Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: This is killing me! the key question, I think, is where did you attend public school. Mind you, I personally attended private school as a kid and public school as a teen, and I went homeschooling with my kids, after a few rounds of public school. 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243745 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
