Beauvoir or Key School??

[back_in_dc]

It matters less where your kids go to school if you make the decision to give them what they need at home and consider school a complimentary activity. Be resourceful- if you think Beauvoir rocks, look at Beauvoir's website and pull down the class reading lists, check out the teacher blogs and see what they do in class. How are they structuring science experiments on a field trip to the park? What math are they teaching? Then duplicate that stuff at home. These teachers these days pretty much put their classrooms online, you can see how they give the Beauvoir kids a better education than an average DCPS teacher and do it yourself. Its not rocket science to turn out a smart, thoughtful kid, capable of getting in to Harvard or some such place. Isn't *that* the end game? Be an educator/parent and you've won, wherever your kid goes to school. That's what really separates kids anyway- it isn't race or school, its socioeconomics and resourceful parenting. Who's reading to their kids at infancy? Who's teaching at home? Who's playing NPR in the car on the way to school in the morning? just saying.

[Anonymous]

Awwww, that's cute. Have you been "back in DC" long. You'll change that sweet 'ole attitude in to time, don'tcha worry.

[Anonymous]

back_in_dc wrote:It matters less where your kids go to school if you make the decision to give them what they need at home and consider school a complimentary activity. Be resourceful- if you think Beauvoir rocks, look at Beauvoir's website and pull down the class reading lists, check out the teacher blogs and see what they do in class. How are they structuring science experiments on a field trip to the park? What math are they teaching? Then duplicate that stuff at home. These teachers these days pretty much put their classrooms online, you can see how they give the Beauvoir kids a better education than an average DCPS teacher and do it yourself. Its not rocket science to turn out a smart, thoughtful kid, capable of getting in to Harvard or some such place. Isn't *that* the end game? Be an educator/parent and you've won, wherever your kid goes to school. That's what really separates kids anyway- it isn't race or school, its socioeconomics and resourceful parenting. Who's reading to their kids at infancy? Who's teaching at home? Who's playing NPR in the car on the way to school in the morning? just saying.

I hardly consider school a complimentary activity when kids spend 7 hours a day there.

[Anonymous]

And what are working mom's supposed to do? Nanny's are not home schooler's. I mean really? Although I listen to NPR frequently, (even though I'm a Republican), I hardly think that exposing my kids to that station will make them any brighter. And no, the private schools these days aren't sharing their teaching play books for the world to see as you suggest. Oh, and I did start reading to my children when they were infants. Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what are working mom's supposed to do? Nanny's are not home schooler's. I mean really? Although I listen to NPR frequently, (even though I'm a Republican), I hardly think that exposing my kids to that station will make them any brighter. And no, the private schools these days aren't sharing their teaching play books for the world to see as you suggest. Oh, and I did start reading to my children when they were infants. Just saying.

Well you should certainly delegate/outsource lessons about the use of apostrophes! In substance, though, I fully agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Point taken....it was late and I was exhausted. Not a true refelection of my writing abilities for what it is worth.