tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post6451800138114306346..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Public SchoolBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-62537688029119951082011-10-19T22:00:52.239-07:002011-10-19T22:00:52.239-07:00So why can't I find you on facebook? What'...So why can't I find you on facebook? What's wrong with me (you don't have to answer that....)Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-13015694120974336722011-10-16T20:01:25.598-07:002011-10-16T20:01:25.598-07:00Betty Ross went to Uppingham (see excerpt Betty Ke...Betty Ross went to Uppingham (see excerpt Betty Keira quoted -- "reforms" made me snort) and a preparatory school before that. So he was sent off to school at the age of 7.<br /><br />We won't talk about how wrong that was. I know his parents meant well and thought they were doing the right thing.<br /><br />I went to public school. I might have done better at a private school (it was discussed -- my sister had gone to one ten years before me -- but my parents had pretty much run out of the energy to decide and nothing happened) but I doubt it.<br /><br />Facebook! Wow, I can't believe you didn't mention this before now. I've respectfully asked for permission to join.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63665011216409216722011-10-14T19:16:49.678-07:002011-10-14T19:16:49.678-07:00Then there was the original home school in colonia...Then there was the original home school in colonial America where a small neighborhood group of children gets schooled by one parent while the other mothers get on with the chores and the fathers work outside the home.Betty Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634519999898307583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-29103718703536527242011-10-14T10:03:10.699-07:002011-10-14T10:03:10.699-07:00When you figure that out, Betty Keira, you could s...When you figure that out, Betty Keira, you could sell that idea and make big money!BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30042687211133045162011-10-13T19:08:26.366-07:002011-10-13T19:08:26.366-07:00I hear you, Betty Mary. In many respects I would ...I hear you, Betty Mary. In many respects I would love to home school. But having the kids home all day might sap my will to go on. Couldn't I do it where I home school them but not here or anywhere near me?Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-92132523994133998562011-10-13T17:17:38.166-07:002011-10-13T17:17:38.166-07:00Betty Cindy - you are right.
And in a perfect wor...Betty Cindy - you are right. <br />And in a perfect world I might have home schooled the last 3 K kids. (Professor Vue De Plane lobbied for it constantly). But even if the world were perfect, I am not. I'm disorganized and I gotta feeling we'd have sat together on the couch and watched TV.<br /><br />In a next to perfect world, the whole krew would have gone to Catholic school, read that "public", private, or parochial. Also read: no money.<br /><br />But in the world as we know it, they went to the local public ('private'?)schools. We were blessed with above average (in all ways) progeny, and as the best kind of scum, they rose to the top. I wish I could have home schooled my nephew, though. He went 4 years to the 3 p type school and is now in Public. Neither one is working for him. But his mom is single and has moved away from us. Sad Aunt Betty Mary. 8-(<br /><br />So, my real belief is that it doesn't really matter where they get the 3 R's. What's more important is the E,M,T (Expectations, Morals, & Training) and that come from home. In my own experience, having a mom at home or nearby is also beneficial. Otherwise, it's way to hard to know what's happening wherever then are.BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28053670840607970762011-10-13T16:00:50.410-07:002011-10-13T16:00:50.410-07:00LOL
And I maintain and defend home schooling base...LOL<br /><br />And I maintain and defend home schooling based on the old fashioned British model. This includes gentlwoman who are well-educated but impoverished as governesses, young gentle Tutors, and/or older parish workers, and sometimes, an older French skinny dance master. <br /><br />FrancescaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-74312317153402003662011-10-13T14:30:30.510-07:002011-10-13T14:30:30.510-07:00Our son and heir went to public school but he'...Our son and heir went to public school but he's now 36 and if I were raising children today, I'd likely home school. I saw enough questionable practices when Jason was in school (and was frustrated beyond belief by the district's inability to understand that while they were quite happy for my child with a high IQ and a learning disability to "get by," we were not. It took 9 years to finally find someone who "got it," and helped us. By that time Jason had developed so many bad habits to accommodate his situation, school was not something he found worthwhile. He graduated and even went to college but it was a struggle! <br /><br />And I know his story is not unique. I hear such tales all the time. I'd just as soon be the one ruining my kid. ;-)<br /><br />me<><Silly... 'Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362030189636374643noreply@blogger.com