Huh. In SF they're pushing for universal pre-K.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2013 3:06:52 pm PDT #26598 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jessica - Jun 20, 2013 3:11:04 pm PDT #26599 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We have "Universal Pre-K" in NYC too but it doesn't mean what it sounds like. It's a subsidy program for low-income families to send their kids to private preschools (or, more often, private daycares where part of the fee can be paid by a UPK subsidy). And those programs extend through age 6, so they're also a substitute for kindergarten if necessary.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2013 3:17:43 pm PDT #26600 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I skipped kindergarten, but I'd already gone to full day nursery school at age 4 for the socialization and adapting to daily routines. Aside from the aforementioned hijinks-averting age diference, it also meant that I was in the same class as my best friend when I transferred schools (met him the first day of 2nd grade and we've been friends ever since) and I was able to meet my closest circle of HS friends when most of us took German together. Since I'm still good friends with them almost 30 years later, I'm pretty glad it happened that way even if I might have had a better chance at top honors in the class of 88.
-t - Jun 20, 2013 3:20:16 pm PDT #26601 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
When I went to pre-school it was a co-op overseen by the school district. To send your kids there, you had to volunteer to work in the classroom some number of hours. There was an actual teacher, to be sure, and when I was a substitute teacher and was assigned there she was STILL the teacher. She was pretty awesome. Mrs. Gonzales from Holland.
It was two year deal, or could be, I know I went for two years. Then half-day kindergarten. Then first grade that shared a room with a kindergarten class because the school was overcrowded or understaffed, I don't remember exactly, I was 6.
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2013 3:21:27 pm PDT #26602 of 30001
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I grew up in the country, so it guess it would be different than a sub/urban setting.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2013 3:32:14 pm PDT #26603 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And in New York, UPK is just three hours (or something -- it's like a half-day kindergarten time), so if you're sending your four-year-old to daycare all day, the UPK subsidy doesn't cover much.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2013 3:44:23 pm PDT #26604 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Geez tommy. How awful for the people in the pool.
sarameg - Jun 20, 2013 3:54:28 pm PDT #26605 of 30001
Wearing goggles is slightly uncomfortable when you got into a fight with a mop that morning. at least the makeup hides it.
Zenkitty - Jun 20, 2013 4:42:25 pm PDT #26606 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My TiVo recording of last week's was precisely short--I got all the way up to "I..." in the final sentence revelation of...whatever. And then forgot about the tension. Sign of detachment from the narrative.
Re Royal Pains, ita !, do you want to know what Divya's revelation was? It will be the last time I can help you with that, because I am officially done with the show.
SuziQ - Jun 20, 2013 5:05:56 pm PDT #26607 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
CJ and I went to an information meeting tonight for the online public school program. You can go full time or just take a couple of e-classes and the rest at the high school. We were curious based on his summer school success. It turns out that the program is different from the summer school program and isn't something he is interest in.
But, the other attendees HAD to be the people upon which stereotypes are based. There were a couple of home school moms who want their kids to get more socialization by going to the online school. Then there was a Chinese couple who were wanting to enroll their 8th grader so she could take extra classes and get ahead of the regular sequence of classes for high school. But they were worried that in an online class their child wouldn't have the "incentive" of knowing the other kids grades and striving for that A+.