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Skriven 2007-01-16 15:17:59 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> experience...but it takes a toll on Anne and the rest of the class to
->  hn> do it well.

-> Unfortunately so.  The other kids are bored stiff and make mischief
-> while she's trying to get a bit of learning into the kids who don't cut
-> up but nead some learning.

 hn> Like I said this whole group is pretty slow on the uptake so it really
 hn> takes a lot of review and repetition for them to get it to soak in and
 hn> stay.

Well, the  school year is over half gone so she can look forward to next
year's class.  Hopefully they will be better.

-> True. But, it's too bad public schools can't offer as good an education
-> as (most) private schools.
 hn> ->
 hn> You can get great education in public school...but it takes effort on
 hn> the parents part as well. I worked graveyard shift all those years so
 hn> I could volunteer in Amanda's classes as she was growing up...I knew
 hn> the teachers and which ones were good and which ones to avoid. I found
 hn> out about the good programs and we switched schools so she could take
 hn> advantage of
 hn> them. In High School she was in the International Baccalaureate
 hn> program which is very very VERY demanding and the graduates from it
 hn> are highly
 hn> recruited by the best colleges. So it's there, but you have to put in
 hn> the effort

 hn> to get  the best out of public school.

You had the advantage of living in a bigger place than most of the
places we were assigned.  We usually didn't have a good choice in
schools for our girls so did a lot of home supplimentation.

Got asked Sunday morning if I would help on a project teaching the youth
group how to cook--one or two Saturday mornings over the course of this
year, something not too gourmet, easy enough for doing in a couple of
hours or so.  I said that I would, and probably demo our home made
pizza.  They will all get a binder full of the recipies; I would like at
least a copy of all the other ones.


->  hn> keep coming to her with questions ( a lot of them are in the same
->  hn> class) about the work and she says she's having enough trouble
->  hn> understanding and working it out herself...she's not in a postition to
->  hn> help anyone else with the work when she's struggling with it herself.

-> Maybe helping others will re-enforce her learning.

 hn> She's past the first big slope on the learning curve and is liking it
 hn> a wee bit better (but just a wee bit!).

And will like it even more when it's history.

-> I got a kitchen stool (for free) yesterday.  The choir director
-> scrounged a couple before the cantata for those of us who couldn't stand
-> thru it.  Afterward, we asked---now I can sit and work at a counter top
-> with much less stress on the foot.

 hn> Sounds like a good move!

Very much so; still waiting to hear from the ortho doctor.  I've learned
to stay off my feet as much as possible; if I have to be on them, it
helps to keep moving a bit. (Maybe it just keeps my mind off them if I'm
walking around.)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Yesterday was the deadline for complaints.

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