What if you can't afford private school?

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I’m willing to bet there are many parents at public schools not as good as yours that could say their children are left behind compared to yours for their entire education.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Where did I stomp like a whiny baby? I think you are projecting a lot on a total stranger.

OP, if I had a six-year-old, and I were in a position to home school, I would do that until kids are back in school (according to a reasonable definition of the term "back in school"). Could you make that work?

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Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.

DCUM's gotta DCUM.

You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?

No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.

Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.

“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.

so you're saying that OP was short sighted by not converting to catholicism?

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We are atheists. And immigrants. Are our children forever screwed due to inadequacies of American public education?

Not at all. You can always go back to your home country. What is the public education like there?

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Anonymous wrote:Dh and I went to public schools (before college) and are children of immigrants. We both have graduate, ivy league degrees. Our kids are going to private school!

And? What’s your point?

OP again. I went to public school and also have a graduate degree from an Ivy League school. I attended Prince William County PS. I never considered private school.

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My advice is to help your daughter find something she loves and invest heavily in that. It might be drawing, dance, music, chemistry, history, dinosaurs etc. Support it however you can, especially using the many resources like museums in this area. That can be a refuge, place of growth, and model for learning. Most importantly, a space in which to be happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Dh and I went to public schools (before college) and are children of immigrants. We both have graduate, ivy league degrees. Our kids are going to private school!

And? What’s your point?

To tell you how much better we are than all of you.

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Anonymous wrote:My advice is to help your daughter find something she loves and invest heavily in that. It might be drawing, dance, music, chemistry, history, dinosaurs etc. Support it however you can, especially using the many resources like museums in this area. That can be a refuge, place of growth, and model for learning. Most importantly, a space in which to be happy.

+1 Your child is in the global 1%, receiving a better education than the vast majority of kids in the United States (yes, even virtual). Stop comparing yourself with the .1% and try to look at the bigger picture. If you have the resources to support your child's passions, do that, and stop worrying that they are "falling behind" kids who they were never going to catch up with anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m willing to bet there are many parents at public schools not as good as yours that could say their children are left behind compared to yours for their entire education.

I agree with you and recognize that I am privileged to have internet, a loving environment, and time to help. And all the other things we have that others don’t. (Shelter, food, summer camp etc)

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Anonymous wrote:Dh and I went to public schools (before college) and are children of immigrants. We both have graduate, ivy league degrees. Our kids are going to private school!

And? What’s your point?

OP again. I went to public school and also have a graduate degree from an Ivy League school. I attended Prince William County PS. I never considered private school.

Your original post indicates that you have been considering private school, you just can't afford it.

I get it, DL sucks. I try to keep things in perspective in terms of the advantages we do have, and the relatively good public schools in normal times, and it sounds like you try to do that as well. Your kid isn't the only one struggling and getting everyone caught up will take time.

I just finished the book "Educated" and ha! For those who aren't familiar, the author had no formal schooling but ended up attending BYU. Kind of a crazy story but in a way made me less stressed about a year of DL in the grand scheme of things.

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Anonymous wrote:My advice is to help your daughter find something she loves and invest heavily in that. It might be drawing, dance, music, chemistry, history, dinosaurs etc. Support it however you can, especially using the many resources like museums in this area. That can be a refuge, place of growth, and model for learning. Most importantly, a space in which to be happy.

+1 Your child is in the global 1%, receiving a better education than the vast majority of kids in the United States (yes, even virtual). Stop comparing yourself with the .1% and try to look at the bigger picture. If you have the resources to support your child's passions, do that, and stop worrying that they are "falling behind" kids who they were never going to catch up with anyway.

+2 Assuming you don't have the resources to home school, this - and focusing on social development to compensate for distanced life - is the best advice you can take.

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Anonymous wrote:My advice is to help your daughter find something she loves and invest heavily in that. It might be drawing, dance, music, chemistry, history, dinosaurs etc. Support it however you can, especially using the many resources like museums in this area. That can be a refuge, place of growth, and model for learning. Most importantly, a space in which to be happy.

+1 Your child is in the global 1%, receiving a better education than the vast majority of kids in the United States (yes, even virtual). Stop comparing yourself with the .1% and try to look at the bigger picture. If you have the resources to support your child's passions, do that, and stop worrying that they are "falling behind" kids who they were never going to catch up with anyway.

No, not 'even virtual'. What are you basing this on? Your own biases?

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You be the teacher, OP. Be glad that school has little impact on your child in terms of what they teach.
Kids learn every day and not from school. I see DL as waste of time, but something that needs to be done. It really helped that DCs are always on computer. They have no excuse for not doing their homework because they sleep with technology.

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I have a 6 year old. We are going to tough it out this year and continue homeschooling. Homeschooling takes a max of 2 hours a day and then you are done. Next year, if schooL is not totally in person and full time, we will hire a part time babysitter/teacher (college kid) and we will look for a home school coop situation.

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Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.

DCUM's gotta DCUM.

You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?

No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.

Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.

“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.

so you're saying that OP was short sighted by not converting to catholicism?

This.
We are atheists. And immigrants. Are our children forever screwed due to inadequacies of American public education?

Well if you are an atheist then you probably wouldn’t like a Catholic education anyway. Plenty of non religious privates out there but of course they are more expensive than parochial schools.

Exactly most catholic schools are not respected around here. The good schools are secular privates. GDS, Sidwell, Holton etc...

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Anonymous wrote:If you really think your kids will forever be left behind based on this past year, you need to work on your own irrational anxiety more than worrying about your kids.

DCUM's gotta DCUM.

You mean provide frank, but useful advice? Does the inanity of OP's post deserve more?

No, actually, I mean, respond by telling the PP or OP that the real problem is their own personal failings.

Private schools being open, while public schools are doing distance learning, is another aspect of the "them that has, gets" inequity that's built into American society. That's just a fact.

“Them that has gets”. Wrong. We’ve prioritized Catholic education for our children their entire life and planned and made sacrifices accordingly. For members of the parish, Catholic education is very reasonable from a tuition standpoint. For parish families experiencing financial difficulties, arrangements can be made to further reduce the cost of tuition.

so you're saying that OP was short sighted by not converting to catholicism?

This.
We are atheists. And immigrants. Are our children forever screwed due to inadequacies of American public education?

Well if you are an atheist then you probably wouldn’t like a Catholic education anyway. Plenty of non religious privates out there but of course they are more expensive than parochial schools.

Exactly most catholic schools are not respected around here. The good schools are secular privates. GDS, Sidwell, Holton etc...

Quakers aren't secular.