Posted by Dinah on June 13, 2005, at 18:20:15
In reply to Re: My dream last night » Dinah, posted by cricket on June 13, 2005, at 13:17:33
Wow. That's hard on a middle schooler. I thought the kindergarten placement process was bad enough, and fortunately my son didn't know what was going on. Well, not much. He liked the school he ended up in based on the snack they served at the open house. lol.
Fortunately this is a K-12 school, so hopefully we won't have to worry about anything till college. Although my husband balks at the cost. And the principal did tell us at the first welcoming dinner not to get to comfortable. That kids were frequently outplaced, if they weren't a good match with the school. He didn't use those exact words of course, but close enough.
It's incredible out there, isn't it?
My husband doesn't think this school matches up well in competitiveness with other schools in the area, and that's true in terms of National Merit Scholars. But I thought that was the whole point.
My son is a lot like me, and I worry that I extrapolate from that to thinking he's *just* like me. You just can't win in parenting. :)
I do know this. My son would rather be in a class with a teacher he hates and good friends, than in a class with a great teacher and kids he doesn't care for. So I think most of the anxiety is on my part.
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