Reply to Got off the WL but Facing a Dilemma

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Got off the WL but Facing a Dilemma"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks, everyone; this has been very helpful. I did consider sending him to the private for one year, but how easy is it really to get in by lottery for 1st grade? I know fewer people apply, but aren't there also fewer spots available? I agree that private school, especially for a 5-year-old is nuts, but my husband doesn't quite agree.[/quote]

It's not nuts, it's amazing.  In fact, the risk you run in sending your DC to one of the top 5-6 schools is that you will experience a version of the "golden handcuffs:  you may feel shackled to the school / experience because you've become accustomed to sweet life.

I never understand why such a large potion of the parent population gives short shrift to the early years of education but places great emphasis on what happens in the classroom in 9-12, maybe 6-12.  I think they think it's because it's "just coloring and songs" (I've heard this exact phrasing from more than one person).

In reality, the early years are the greatest brain-plasticity years.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics