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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just left a FFX public school for private last year.  The main reason wasn't over crowding but those damn SOLs. Every night we'd ask the kids what they did in school.  It seems all they did was an SOL practice test, SOL study guide, or something SOL related.

Yes, we still test but for the first time they are learning grammar, cursive, and literature.  They are reading books and doing book reports that help them comprehend what they read.  Not just writing an essay but creative ways such as making timelines about the story line,  newspaper articles, plays, music lyrics, etc.

VA public schools take a writing SOL in certain grades.  How many children in the system can use good grammar when it's not taught?  [b]My daughter is in 5th grade and knows what subjects and predicates, adjective phrases, and what subject compliments are, do public educated kids?  Sure they know basic parts of speech.  [/b][i]

The current system of teaching the test isn't working, and until it changes my kids will stay out of the system.  It's not a budget issue, or an over crowding issue but a philosophy issue.[/quote]

You might want to check out whether that private school has courses for adults.  [/quote]

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