Any education questions?

Not a bad idea. He actually is doing well in her class, but she is the one who gave him detention for forgetting to wear a belt.

He seems to have lost all respect for her and I am afraid he is going to pop off one time and it's going to cost him.

 

You can never go wrong with education. The more you have the better. If your child has a better working knowledge before they enter kindergarten than the other students, it can only be a positive.

Does it cost money? Is this a form of daycare or is it along the lines of Head Start?

Reading to your kid aloud for 15 minutes every night with them following along in the book is the best thing you could ever do with your child.

 

Forgetting to wear a belt? Were his boxers showing?

 

No grade should be below a 50 on a quiz. Zeros or low scores are death in a points based system.

For example...

A + F = C in regular old school grading.

95 (A) + 30 (F) = 125/2 = 62.5 which is a low D.

 

Man, I got a C on a term paper in college for a film class where the professor was from the art department not the english department. It was my first written paper lower than a B-plus since my first paper freshman year of high school. To this day, I'm convinced it's because the professor disagreed with my stance, even though it was well supported, well researched and well written.

I sent the guy an email asking about the grade and got no response. It was the end of my final semester of senior year, so I never bothered following up. Still pissed about it, though, because I know I was twice the writer anyone else in that class was and probably three times the writer he ever was.

(Yes, I'm bitter about that damned C. Fucker.)

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Nah. School uniforms.

 

Oh ok, Ace. I was wondering how the school justified the detention for a wardrobe issue.

 

Don't get me started.

 

I'm not a parent, but if I were, that's the same way I would have handled it. I have no idea what my roommate wrote in the letter he sent, but I'm sure it wasn't all kind words.

 

When I was in school (graduated 10 years ago - ack!), rarely did I have actual homework that was done at home. I either had enough time to finish it in a class period, or was able to finish it in another class or on the bus or whatever.

Is it true that even the littlest kids now have hours of homework each night? Or is this an exaggeration? If it's true, what's the reasoning behind it?

 

Yes. No Child Left Behind has terrified schools so much that passing a test is the #1 priority.

Don't get me wrong, NCLB has some positive features, but preparing that kid to do well on one test has motivated the cramming of homework down their throats when they are five.

Not at all schools, but some.

 

Wow, Chef. Your boy has a great dad!

You, too, Huggy.