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F.O.A.D.

On 9/14/13 5:59 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:58:51 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/14/13 4:46 PM, wrote:

My daughter now has 2 of the 3 of her kids home schooled.
This is not the Jesus thing, it is a program run by the school board
and most of it is online. Kids need good grades to do it tho.

It all came up over that long division thing.

I am sure this will set Harry's hair on fire but it is not a new
thing,. Maryland was doing it in the 80s.

Back in my public school days, there were several private schools in the
area that catered to kids who couldn't make it for whatever reason in
the public schools. I'm not saying those kids were "slow." There also
was one Catholic high school that got the cream of the crop of bright
Catholic kids. I haven't kept up with what is happening in K-12 these
days, although I am very impressed with my grandson's progress in his
schools.

We have a family member who home schools the kids for "religious"
reasons. I wouldn't want to be those kids.

This is the public school curriculum taught at home. The kids have to
be a B or above to even do it.
Some people may want a religious tilt but that is not the case with my
daughters.
The oldest wants to test into a special "arts" school and she won't
get all she needs from the public school. (it started with that
"division" thing)
The youngest is somewhat ADD and they would just want to drug him into
submission. He is smart but easily bored.
The middle kid may get bumped up 2 grades next year. She is already
taking 5th grade math and science. (in the 3d grade)

Our home schooling family member doesn't want his precious progeny to
mix with kids who don't believe in the same sort of backass christianity
he does or, worse, don't believe in jesus at all.