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ParticipantThank you UCGal for your input. Roosevelt does sound great, I didn’t know anything about that school. The language instruction is definitely attractive to me, but at this point in the process I’m still going to look for something a little closer to us. We had considered trying High Tech Middle, but as you noted, it’s too far for us. I’m hoping to balance how much time our kids spend in the car with the benefit of an interesting school. It’s 30 minutes to the nearest grocery store, Roosevelt would be an hour when (if) traffic is good. Anyway, can’t complain since we chose to come out here!
Glad you mentioned ‘choice application’ and the fact that charter schools are outside of that process. I didn’t know about lottery by zip code. All this is new to me since I’ve only dealt with Jamul-Dulzura and Cajon Valley districts so far. I’ll read up that. You’ve given us some leads on what more to learn.
Do you know anything about Magnolia Science Academy? or Lewis middle school?
ParticipantSpoiled children and a country that has less to offer them then it did to generations before…..double whammy.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]I see too many opportunities for bruised feelings especially for the emotionally fragile who reads deeper into everything.
I could see some parents getting upset when the child changes status to “in a relationship” without first informing them.
For their own sake, needy people should stay away from Facebook.[/quote]
Well, this post really is you brian1.ParticipantWhat’s happening in Syria? Doesn’t matter since there is no march to war.
Participant[quote=6packscaredy][quote=spdrun]With your cynicism, wouldn’t you be better off living in the north woods of Maine, upper Michigan, or even the Upper West Side than in sunny Pollyanna California?[/quote]
I enjoy not fitting in.[/quote]
I don’t enjoy not fitting in, but I accept that the options to do that are not ubiquitous. They do change…even in sunny California the tide ebbs and flows.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]Even then, all friends are not equal.
People get new friends. new loves and new lives.People get upset when they find you did something without them.
I’ve had that happen to me. I went somewhere but I didn’t call or visit a friend. She was very upset because she felt I should have at least called while in the area.
Also facebook comments and tags get broadcast all over. Sometimes you intend a comment to one person or a small group only. Better limit the use of facebook.[/quote]
Facebook is treacherous…better used for shameless self-promotion, if there is a need, and that’s it.
ParticipantThey just show love better when they are kids and then they learn from us how not to do it. The love is still there ….you can find people who have kept the ability to show it to amazing degrees but not many of them.
One of my kid’s teacher has a beautiful relationship with her mom. The elder is in her 90’s and the younger in her sixties…they are like gleeful sisters together….so much love. These women are surrounded by it ,many ,many people…not Internet losers like us.
Participant[quote=flu][quote=Blogstar]Thanks for the tips and comments,
I talked with my kid yesterday….before, he never wanted to change schools but now seems like he would do anything to better pursue his interests…not that we have nailed them down exactly… he says he likes architecture. We don’t necessarily we have all options at our disposal…but it is a good start….it’s fairly natural on his part.I don’t want to chase something and have him lose track of math or physics. That has been said to be a problem with some of the schools dedicated to “creativity”.
About age, it will vary by kid…My kid was very interested in the little mindstorm activity that parents and children can do together at Legoland when he was barely old enough by lego standards, I think that was 7 or 8 …my wife may have talked them in to letting him and me go in before the age cutoff(mom’s are good at that stuff). We rushed to sign up for that every time we go to the park after that. He was 9 when we got him in a one week camp and he was crazy about that too. If I remember right, most of the kids were older. That was with the YMCA. If his parents were in the field(s), he probably would have been way more supported in it earlier, but unfortunately we are not, although I do understand electricity and electronics pretty well( well with some review).[/quote]
I wouldn’t worry so much of, as long as your your kid has interest.
Kid with interest + with parents that don’t have a background is still > kids with parents that have the background but aren’t interested 🙂
FWIW: to this day, I still hate physics…It would be 2nd from the top of the list of things I hate.
The only thing worse for me would be biology….I have a bad memory, and hated biology even more. One of the many reasons why I couldn’t ever be a doctor…. … Well, while I’m at it, I guess I’ll admit, in general I hate to read and follow directions….So I guess I can rule out legal professions too. lol… I survived AP English through the cliff notes version…..[/quote]He doesn’t have to do the physics and math or math based chemistry studies etc. but I don’t want to limit his ability to do it well by what could turn out to be a diversion into a “creative” environment.
I agree our backgrounds aren’t much of a handicap and the the support matter more.
ParticipantI get the gist of the Sadowski thing without looking at it from the comments.
Don’t want to bother…since it’s all reruns of what we saw before. Closest case was my neighbor, pretty extreme by normal folks standards …in the end I was sad for that family….life goes on, but it was like seeing a person who was handicapped pretty badly in a profound way….no schadenfreude for me.
THe banks gave them money like a bartender gives drunks alcohol.Participant[quote=6packscaredy][quote=Blogstar]I don’t think the answer about relationships is complicated , scaredy.
We can be cognizant of the material , social support, etc that comes from/with our loved ones, and even know that we don’t want to lose those things and still love them completely. It doesn’t have to look good looking at it all the time, you just have to know the balance is there and accept that is as good as it gets.It’s actually pretty strange to think that your son doesn’t love you…that’s just how things work, unless you actually abuse the hell out of them. …and even then they probably still do. I doubt there ever has been a kid, who had reasonable premise to think their parents did the best they could, who didn’t love them.
Same with wives…anyone who married in a reasonable state of emotional health could never not love the mother of his children….even if the couple divorced.
Just PM me if you want to pay for this therapy session.[/quote]
Do you take insurance?[/quote]
Is that something to make sure I don’t go potty at an inopportune moment?
MaybeParticipantThanks for the tips and comments,
I talked with my kid yesterday….before, he never wanted to change schools but now seems like he would do anything to better pursue his interests…not that we have nailed them down exactly… he says he likes architecture. We don’t necessarily we have all options at our disposal…but it is a good start….it’s fairly natural on his part.I don’t want to chase something and have him lose track of math or physics. That has been said to be a problem with some of the schools dedicated to “creativity”.
About age, it will vary by kid…My kid was very interested in the little mindstorm activity that parents and children can do together at Legoland when he was barely old enough by lego standards, I think that was 7 or 8 …my wife may have talked them in to letting him and me go in before the age cutoff(mom’s are good at that stuff). We rushed to sign up for that every time we go to the park after that. He was 9 when we got him in a one week camp and he was crazy about that too. If I remember right, most of the kids were older. That was with the YMCA. If his parents were in the field(s), he probably would have been way more supported in it earlier, but unfortunately we are not, although I do understand electricity and electronics pretty well( well with some review).
ParticipantVery small risk with not having a contractors license. In fact ….the government , at least in California, makes sure there are more risks if you have one if you are a small scale operation. Clients have very little reasonable recourse against an unlicensed contractor and not much against a licensed person either, unless there is and escrow or something like that. I believe these are called holding accounts out here, and escrow companies can do them. Dixieline hardware used to do them but I don’t know if they do anymore.
There is the contractors bond and that can help, but not always, and not always sufficiently. Usually the guy who screws up your job did it to enough people before you that the bonding is rendered meaningless.
ParticipantI don’t think the answer about relationships is complicated , scaredy.
We can be cognizant of the material , social support, etc that comes from/with our loved ones, and even know that we don’t want to lose those things and still love them completely. It doesn’t have to look good looking at it all the time, you just have to know the balance is there and accept that is as good as it gets.It’s actually pretty strange to think that your son doesn’t love you…that’s just how things work, unless you actually abuse the hell out of them. …and even then they probably still do. I doubt there ever has been a kid, who had reasonable premise to think their parents did the best they could, who didn’t love them.
Same with wives…anyone who married in a reasonable state of emotional health could never not love the mother of his children….even if the couple divorced.
Just PM me if you want to pay for this therapy session.
ParticipantJust tell him, hey I really miss you, I want to know if I can follow you on Facebook…maybe you can post selfies of how you are ripped? Just ask him.
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