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Skriven 2013-09-16 15:47:49 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4679 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

 RH> The
->  RH> school did have a band.

-> Our school had a band and various choral groups but the music program
-> went downhill after my freshman year of high school. We'd had a
-> husband/wife team for all the music programs (K-12) for about 12 years
-> but they left and the school board hired whoever they could to fill in.
-> After I left the area (college, then got married and moved to NC), I had
-> (have) no idea of how the program survived.

 RH> Or if it did.  The junior high band went the way of the dodo around
 RH> here. The high school one even disappeared for a while, but it's back
 RH> now.  I have
 RH> no idea about art classes, but the culinary arts department is going
 RH> like gangbusters.

I think the Food Network and the younger "stars" on that are responsible
for an interest in the culinary arts among the younger generation. Some
of them could be getting tired of the fast foods they were raised on.
After seeing what else is out there, they are getting interested in
cooking or eating the better alternatives. Sure a far cry from the home
ec classes I had to suffer thru. (G)


->  RH> Private schools here can do that too. Homeschoolers of course are
->  RH> another matter. A lot of those kids out-perform the public school
->  RH> kids.

-> True, I've noticed in some of the national contests (Spelliing Bee,
-> Geography Bee) how the home schoolers out perform all other kids. We
-> thought abou it for our girls but the support structure was minimal, at
-> best, when they started. Came back from Germany in 1992 and home
-> schooling had boomed but it was too late for us. One good thing about
-> home schooling--school lunches gave lessons in math and nutrition
-> (science) that public schools didn't offer. The Challenger schools in LV
-> get their lunches from a catering company. I've seen some of the menus
-> and I think they specialise in meals for day cares, schools, etc because
-> the meals are kid friendly type.

 RH> Yep.  Not a bad idea.  Home schooling really took off here in the 90s
 RH> too. i
 RH> have a bunch of friends who raised their kids that way.

Had we been about 10 years younger, we would have too.


-> -> I have one of those, drank the gluwein as I wandered the market. (G)

->  RH> I've never had mulled wine of any sort.  The cup ended up with the
->  RH> lady's grandkid, who put cocoa in it.  Just the right size for a 5
->  RH> year-old.

-> Or an adult who doesn't want a large drink.

 RH> True.  They'd make good espresso cups.

That much espresso would wire you for several days! (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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