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Though I agree with JP, that yes, there should be the option to buy Made in US/Italy/etc, still, it’s all about profit for those name companies.

My DH thinks that the market for products NOT MIC is too small for those companies to be profitable. I would think that it shouldn’t be that small – but I’m not one of the marketing people for those companies.

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Flu, Same here.

My daughter is starting K at Doyle Elementary (Univ. City), which is a decent school (API >900, albeit many English second language) this Fall.

Same Kindergarden assessment. And, she also has been to Montessori till now. IMHO, this is just a test to see that ALL admitted students passed it i.e. are ready for K. So it’s just a bare minimum and it’s the official standard having to fit all sorts of school districts from Del Mar to… I dunno, something bad. Chances are that 99% of the kids of your Del Mar school know much more that and will pass it, but they are not rating them and they will mix them together. Just to weed out those that TRULY aren’t ready. Just my 2 cents.

Now, FWIW, I’ve heard the Kindergarden assesment at Torrey Pines Elem. (La Jolla) was quite rigurous even for a Montessori (my daughter’s best friend went there) – reading, writing, counting to 100, simple additions and all sorts of other skills. Torrey Pines Elem is/was #1 in API scores. Probably they will group the students differently based on their skills/knowledge, where the others don’t really care.

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Flu, Same here.

My daughter is starting K at Doyle Elementary (Univ. City), which is a decent school (API >900, albeit many English second language) this Fall.

Same Kindergarden assessment. And, she also has been to Montessori till now. IMHO, this is just a test to see that ALL admitted students passed it i.e. are ready for K. So it’s just a bare minimum and it’s the official standard having to fit all sorts of school districts from Del Mar to… I dunno, something bad. Chances are that 99% of the kids of your Del Mar school know much more that and will pass it, but they are not rating them and they will mix them together. Just to weed out those that TRULY aren’t ready. Just my 2 cents.

Now, FWIW, I’ve heard the Kindergarden assesment at Torrey Pines Elem. (La Jolla) was quite rigurous even for a Montessori (my daughter’s best friend went there) – reading, writing, counting to 100, simple additions and all sorts of other skills. Torrey Pines Elem is/was #1 in API scores. Probably they will group the students differently based on their skills/knowledge, where the others don’t really care.

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Flu, Same here.

My daughter is starting K at Doyle Elementary (Univ. City), which is a decent school (API >900, albeit many English second language) this Fall.

Same Kindergarden assessment. And, she also has been to Montessori till now. IMHO, this is just a test to see that ALL admitted students passed it i.e. are ready for K. So it’s just a bare minimum and it’s the official standard having to fit all sorts of school districts from Del Mar to… I dunno, something bad. Chances are that 99% of the kids of your Del Mar school know much more that and will pass it, but they are not rating them and they will mix them together. Just to weed out those that TRULY aren’t ready. Just my 2 cents.

Now, FWIW, I’ve heard the Kindergarden assesment at Torrey Pines Elem. (La Jolla) was quite rigurous even for a Montessori (my daughter’s best friend went there) – reading, writing, counting to 100, simple additions and all sorts of other skills. Torrey Pines Elem is/was #1 in API scores. Probably they will group the students differently based on their skills/knowledge, where the others don’t really care.

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Flu, Same here.

My daughter is starting K at Doyle Elementary (Univ. City), which is a decent school (API >900, albeit many English second language) this Fall.

Same Kindergarden assessment. And, she also has been to Montessori till now. IMHO, this is just a test to see that ALL admitted students passed it i.e. are ready for K. So it’s just a bare minimum and it’s the official standard having to fit all sorts of school districts from Del Mar to… I dunno, something bad. Chances are that 99% of the kids of your Del Mar school know much more that and will pass it, but they are not rating them and they will mix them together. Just to weed out those that TRULY aren’t ready. Just my 2 cents.

Now, FWIW, I’ve heard the Kindergarden assesment at Torrey Pines Elem. (La Jolla) was quite rigurous even for a Montessori (my daughter’s best friend went there) – reading, writing, counting to 100, simple additions and all sorts of other skills. Torrey Pines Elem is/was #1 in API scores. Probably they will group the students differently based on their skills/knowledge, where the others don’t really care.

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Flu, Same here.

My daughter is starting K at Doyle Elementary (Univ. City), which is a decent school (API >900, albeit many English second language) this Fall.

Same Kindergarden assessment. And, she also has been to Montessori till now. IMHO, this is just a test to see that ALL admitted students passed it i.e. are ready for K. So it’s just a bare minimum and it’s the official standard having to fit all sorts of school districts from Del Mar to… I dunno, something bad. Chances are that 99% of the kids of your Del Mar school know much more that and will pass it, but they are not rating them and they will mix them together. Just to weed out those that TRULY aren’t ready. Just my 2 cents.

Now, FWIW, I’ve heard the Kindergarden assesment at Torrey Pines Elem. (La Jolla) was quite rigurous even for a Montessori (my daughter’s best friend went there) – reading, writing, counting to 100, simple additions and all sorts of other skills. Torrey Pines Elem is/was #1 in API scores. Probably they will group the students differently based on their skills/knowledge, where the others don’t really care.

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[quote=masayako]Let me guess… You are Asian?

[quote=ninaprincess]I have been in the US half of my life but one thing I still don’t understand it that many American parents kick their children out of the house. Initially I heard people talking about it and I thought they were joking. I brought this up because I just read an article in yahoo about a 23 yr old homeless girl who was kicked out of the parents’ house.

My parents hated that we moved out of the house. They won’t take my money when I stayed with them. My mom would do wash my clothes and clean my room eventhough I told her not too. This is the same case for all of my cousins.[/quote][/quote]

This is true of other nationalities as well. I know some in Eastern Europe that are exactly like that and are totally shocked at this “American way”….:)

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[quote=masayako]Let me guess… You are Asian?

[quote=ninaprincess]I have been in the US half of my life but one thing I still don’t understand it that many American parents kick their children out of the house. Initially I heard people talking about it and I thought they were joking. I brought this up because I just read an article in yahoo about a 23 yr old homeless girl who was kicked out of the parents’ house.

My parents hated that we moved out of the house. They won’t take my money when I stayed with them. My mom would do wash my clothes and clean my room eventhough I told her not too. This is the same case for all of my cousins.[/quote][/quote]

This is true of other nationalities as well. I know some in Eastern Europe that are exactly like that and are totally shocked at this “American way”….:)

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[quote=masayako]Let me guess… You are Asian?

[quote=ninaprincess]I have been in the US half of my life but one thing I still don’t understand it that many American parents kick their children out of the house. Initially I heard people talking about it and I thought they were joking. I brought this up because I just read an article in yahoo about a 23 yr old homeless girl who was kicked out of the parents’ house.

My parents hated that we moved out of the house. They won’t take my money when I stayed with them. My mom would do wash my clothes and clean my room eventhough I told her not too. This is the same case for all of my cousins.[/quote][/quote]

This is true of other nationalities as well. I know some in Eastern Europe that are exactly like that and are totally shocked at this “American way”….:)

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[quote=masayako]Let me guess… You are Asian?

[quote=ninaprincess]I have been in the US half of my life but one thing I still don’t understand it that many American parents kick their children out of the house. Initially I heard people talking about it and I thought they were joking. I brought this up because I just read an article in yahoo about a 23 yr old homeless girl who was kicked out of the parents’ house.

My parents hated that we moved out of the house. They won’t take my money when I stayed with them. My mom would do wash my clothes and clean my room eventhough I told her not too. This is the same case for all of my cousins.[/quote][/quote]

This is true of other nationalities as well. I know some in Eastern Europe that are exactly like that and are totally shocked at this “American way”….:)

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