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ParticipantNo offense but, you are wrong. What I meant to say is that the wording used in today’s test are not the same “Dick and Jane” type words used in yesterdays testing. You have to have better comprehension. They are infact more difficult. Part of what I was refering to was the RAVEN test. That test was invented in England I believe.
If you have a kid, they aren’t very old. Apples don’t fall very far from the tree, and I can’t always help my kids with their homework in math. My son’s teacher said if he didn’t have the book, he couldn’t either. Because you just can’t remember that far back/ everything. Also, It is much more complicated today, than it was in when you or I was in school.
“4)It’s interesting you equated “involved parents” to home schooling. This wasn’t my understanding of involved parents meant. Involved parents in my mind meant being parents that had your kids attend public school, but supplemented the deficiencies in school. There will be a lot, regardless of which district you belong to. ”
I never mentioned that, that is NOT what I meant.
I was just saying, some are born that way, but your kid will do well if you make sure you give them self esteem and basic skills.
“Showing your work”: 15 miles in 10 minutes would mean traveling 90mph across 52.If you use 14.1 miles as you stated to cross 52, “10 minutes” would mean you’re traveling 85mph across 52. The mathematical “fact” can’t be disputed.”
Okay, so I speed. I got these damn genius’ I gotta get to a private school in La Jolla, in traffic, if I don’t it’s probably gonna be a 2hr commute down that highway!(Just kidding don’t freak.)
“6) If you moved/bought in Santee. Don’t let what other people say here make you feel bad. If you’re happy with your decision, that’s all that really matters. People say lots of crap about where I live on this board.Who cares?”
I don’t, no one has change my mind. I know that to me it’s the best deal in S.D.. I have a problem with the people who were making the untrue statements. I think that they were just having fun trying to make me mad, now. Juvenile.
As for the shooting,( I knew someone would bring that up)all I can say is he was not a product of the Santee School system.. He was from a different state, his problems started long before he got there…poor kid. That has got nothing to do with the learning evironment, happened at Virginia Tech, it happens at Mc Donalds, on the freeway, at work.
Participant“And in terms of “impressive” school districts, it’s those high schools that churn out 5+ National Merit Scholars every year and send a slew of students off to Stanford and the Ivy Leagues. Santee isn’t in that league, and being 70% (as someone said earlier) isn’t going to attract people (and probably won’t scare them away either).”
You know to tell you the truth I personally don’t really care.(Though my realestate agent claims people try to move close to Westhills.) I know I went to school out here, it was a great it experience for me. I felt safe. It was something I wanted my kids to know. I never looked at scores, except to see what everyone else was talking about. So I have gotten to understand what it is everyone else is looking for. I come on here and people keep making statements that I know they they don’t know what they are talking about. So I tried to enlighten. Don’t think it worked though, oh well.
As for National Merit Scholars, I it is not as impressive, but that was not what I was saying anyway.
My niece graduated with honors and a 4.5 g.p.a. from Santana (also gifted). I think she’s gonna do alright…..
(I am always telling her how smart she is and she keeps telling me how many kids are smarter than her, she’s very humble, and gorgeous)p.s. before anyone starts freaking out, you get an extra point for passing with a “C” or better in honors classes.
5=A, 4=B, 3=c, and a D is a D and so forth..Participant“Does anybody sleep around here?”
MY HUSBAND! He is taking an online class, took a 5 minute break said he couldn’t sit here that long…then started snoring……..lol
Participant“Does anybody sleep around here?”
MY HUSBAND! He is taking an online class, took a 5 minute break said he couldn’t sit here that long…then started snoring……..lol
Participant“So you’re suggesting that the “gifted” kids in Santee are going to be doing calculus by 9th grade? ”
Not mine anyway, they take honors algebra, in the 9th grade. Unless of course they are a 10 year old college student……..
ParticipantI am just repeating what my son’s 5th grade teacher said to all the parents at open house. If you have children and done their homework with them you will find in no time at all you will not be able to help them. Every good school system is giving bits of algebra this early. Not every kid gets it though, of course.
“PS I think what confused people with the 10 minutes to La Jolla argument is that you talk about enjoying the beach in LaJolla but then pick a non-beach boundary to determine time and distance. Bad arguing technique”
For sure, but my point was it’s really not that far.
ParticipantFLU
I can tell a couple of things from your post;
#1 YOU DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN
#2 you think schools are the same as when you were a kidThe schools we went to are not the same. Every year they get better. Infact teachers often tell me every year kids get smarter. IQ’s improve 2 points on average, what is it? Every 10 years? They are doing 8th grade algebra in 5th grade now.
They do alot of research, they do not administer tests because they believe they are inconclusive. The SAT 9 is not the test you took. The questions are not easy like they were. It is their best measurement at this time. They don’t tell the whole story for sure. They take into consideration that some kids just don’t test well, but get A’s in everything.
They have accelerated reader and accelerated math for students now. So that they can’t go further in these areas at their own pace, and not be held back by the rest of the class, if they are ahead.
A teacher nowadays would BE FIRED for saying to a parent or student what your teacher did. They feel EVERYONE can learn.
You could never get away with skipping class, they tail your every move now with notices, phone calls home. They will put the parents in jail now,for truancy.
I truly believe that I could have homeschooled my son, sent him to any school, he would have excelled anywhere because he was born that way. I do believe parents give their children the best start by instilling GOOD selfesteem in their children. When I child has good selfesteem they believe they can be the best and try harder than those who don’t. Couple that with reading books/stimulating your child’s mind and you have got a kid that is going to well in school and life, because he knows he can.
A lot of people make decisions on where they live based on the schools nearby. People were making inaccurate comments about Santee schools.
September 25, 2007 at 3:25 PM in reply to: Nice place but never in a million years could I afford it yet. #85875Participant“there’s little to no traffic, it’s a 5 min jot to downtown”
Been drinking again I guess….
Don’t you live in S. Carolina or some other hell hole like that?
September 25, 2007 at 3:06 PM in reply to: Nice place but never in a million years could I afford it yet. #85871ParticipantI am surprised, what no comments on the area being a SH#T hole? El Cajon Blvd is around the corner? No comments on hookers? What about the crummy schools, or the traffic congestion, gridlock?
Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that it is a CRUMMY place. I just don’t get the HATE that if you say you like where your from, your bragging or what not? So some people here wanna fight you.
Participant“No point in living 30-40 miles from the nice parts of San Diego”
That is what I was responding to.
Can you read?
ACROSS the 52 is 14.1 miles, that is what I keep saying and it is a short distance.
Participant“Santee has a white trash character. Most property is prop-13’ed, and the old coots aren’t moving.”
I would certainly agree that what alot of people think is that there is alot of “Whitetrash”. There are certainly some out here. There are way more normal, nice families.
We have LOTS of nice parks, and we are getting a huge sports park built in the center of town.
The prop 13 crowd may not be moving, but they are probably on there way out of this world, or not long until they will be.
ParticipantArtifact
I feel similarly to you, however, Westhills had the highest test scores in the district last year. They are better than average, Santana is more close to average.
I know LOTS of teachers, some on our soccer team(who by the way teaches in Temecula), in my neighborhood, etc…They ALL have high opinions of our schools systems and send their own kids there. I know alot of teachers that opt for private schools too.
“Someone with a graduate degree and a professional, decent paying job SHOULD be able to buy a house in Santee, right?”
Absolutely, everyplace in S.D. is, even south east S.D.
ParticipantYou didn’t understand what was written. You need to re-read the post and stop being so emotional yourself.
It is YOUR opinion that it is not what you like.
IN MY OPINION (and 50,000 plus others) it’s GREAT.
They are building alot of new housing here, people keep buying them. They are touting our schools as “award winning”.My son’s IQ was NOT what I was concerned about. RE-READ it, it was a comparison. The children with normal IQ’s test well here, because the schools are good. You can’t expect kids with normal IQ’s to test in the 90% plus range. 70% average scores are good.
SAN DEIGO city schools/system is shit.
California may have poor test scores, but, that number is influenced by the amount of english learners in the state. The SAT 9 test has an area of where children place in rank with children across the United States. If your child does well on the SAT 9, he does well when compared to the rest of the country.
“Nobody who is truly financially successful aspires to live there.”
THAT IS SUCH A ridiculous statement that YOU know what EVERYONE want’s!Tell that to the Doctor I know who lives in Black Horse Estates, or the many miltary(officer) families who buy the high end homes we have.
PLEASE don’t switch my wording around to conclude all the people in Santee are millionaires-THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM SAYING.
We do however, have doctors, lawyers, and other people that make a good living.
.” If you leave Santee at 8:00 am traveling west at 65 MPH, what time will you arrive in La Jolla 20 miles away ? ”
According to mapquest it is 14.1 miles across 52, not a long drive. CERTAINLY less than 25 minutes.
Participant“And, if you are not gifted, you are retarded.
And, if you disagree with anything pro-Santee, you do not know anything (s). ”
That is utter nonsense. No one said that. Maybe you should read it again.
What happened was there were several people on here making statements that were blatantly incorrect.
If you are going to say that the test scores suck, then you should know what you are talking about.
IT’S IGNORANT.
Base your comments in fact not on what you feel you think is right.
I could care less if anyone likes Santee or wants to come here. I won’t allow people to make statements that are false go unanswered, when the “DATA” is there to support the truth.
I don’t care if you disagree, FACTS ARE FACTS. I never said it was Shangrila, I said IMO, it is the best deal for the money, and a GREAT place to raise a family.I am not alone in thinking that.
Everyone jumped on me. I was not attacking anyone’s ideas, just the untruth.
“The crime rate out there is more or less like all of the El Cajon valley, ”
Bugs
I completely agree, except that El Cajon actually has ALOT more crime than Santee. It’s a big city. Santee is more of a bedroom community,though it is a city. It has one of the lowest crimerates in the whole county.
From wikpedia,
AND I QUOTE “Santee has one of the lowest crime rates in the County and the city also prides itself on having a stable local economy, well-maintained streets and infrastructure, and family-based neighborhoods.” -
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