12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 15

[klineyqueen]

What will John1 do now???

He will be so bored!!!!

 

[klineyqueen]

Take what you can!!! Why can't we post in all caps anymore???

WHAT???? WE CAN'T

 

[pyramid2000]

Sorry to hear that, Caroline. Hopefully you will be able to switch to one of the next Geek cruises.

I fully intend to come in 2008! Family or not!!

 

[waltsgirl]

Florida's cut off is age 5 by September 1st. When I started K it was Dec...as my birthday is late november and I started school at age 4...my main concern is that she is in the "last" room at preschool and all her buddies will be leaving come August...then the curriculm starts over...I just don't want this to lead to any behavior issues due to boredom. I have nothing to "back that up", she is very very good at school...not like home.

Vanessa- I think parents worry about this more than kids. Sometimes I think that we as parents make our kids bored by talking about how bored we think they will be in front of them. Remember, kids will live up to your expectations, whether they are good or bad.
I am not saying that kids don't get bored and that some kids are more advanced than others in the class, this happens, it happens in the workplace too!!

I can only speak from my own experience with our son and he was always ahead of his class and found the assignments to be easy and sometimes boring. We just let him enjoy school and told him to have fun!

 

[goofyforlife]

We just let him enjoy school and told him to have fun!

Yeah like i could cut class in HS two-three times a week and not miss anything....

Even got in house suspension once when we left school grounds during our mid-day advisory.

"I wouldn't say I was MISSING SCHOOL, Bob"

 

[lbgraves]

WHAT???? WE CAN'T

NO WE CAN'T...AT LEAST I CAN'T. I typed that all out in caps & am sure that it wont show up that way.

 

[lbgraves]

NO WE CAN'T...AT LEAST I CAN'T. I typed that all out in caps & am sure that it wont show up that way.

Well dang! It did it!!! LOL! You can tell a few of my posts didn't work out that way because just the first letter in every word is capitalized.

 

[Jhalkias]

What will John1 do now???

Go on Vacation?

John1

 

[lbgraves]

Sounds like a good choice to me! How about a cruise?

 

[lillygator]

Vanessa- I think parents worry about this more than kids. Sometimes I think that we as parents make our kids bored by talking about how bored we think they will be in front of them. Remember, kids will live up to your expectations, whether they are good or bad.
I am not saying that kids don't get bored and that some kids are more advanced than others in the class, this happens, it happens in the workplace too!!

I can only speak from my own experience with our son and he was always ahead of his class and found the assignments to be easy and sometimes boring. We just let him enjoy school and told him to have fun!

I think you're right. I am going to just wait it out and see how she does through the year. Hopefully she will be a leader and an example for the younger children in her class (in a good way, not teaching them the chandelier tricks or anything).

I am trying very hard to watch how we influence her in terms of "school". It's pretty hard....they come in to the world with such innocence and trust...!

 

[Jhalkias]

I can only speak from my own experience with our son and he was always ahead of his class and found the assignments to be easy and sometimes boring. We just let him enjoy school and told him to have fun!

Let me clarify . . .

I told Alex that he had two choices . . . one choice was to work like I did while he went to school to pay for his own education, own car, own insurance, etc. . . . I had a paper route when I was twelve, and when I was 16 I gave that up to go and work in the grocery store - the rest is history. I did that not because of bad grades (although Alex's grades are just a bit better than mine were) I did that because I had to if I wanted to go to college.

The other choice was to get good grades, and make being a student his occupation, and dad would pay for everything through college. Of course his natural ability helped a great deal, but lots of kids with great ability get lazy - he always knew that the price of being a lazy student was going to be working for the things you wanted.

Deal made, deal kept.

Amy will probably also remember a certain time when the assignments did get ahead of him, in a certain French class. He learned a great lesson there, where he could not get by with talent alone, and that became one of his favorite teachers.

What Amy said is right . . . I'm just adding the color commentary!

John1

 

[Jhalkias]

Oh, and BTW, Alex was born in June, one of the youngest in his class. Had just turned 5 when he started school and did fine.

It truly does all depend on the kid, and anyone who tells you there is a rule of thumb that applies to all kids is full of hooey.

John1

 

[Jhalkias]

Our file server is down.

I cannot get any REAL work done!

John1

 

[MrsMork]

you think this will be in May?

If so, we're looking at that one too...

Yes, V. Westbound repro May 2008!!

 

[MrsMork]

Oh, and BTW, Alex was born in June, one of the youngest in his class. Had just turned 5 when he started school and did fine.

It truly does all depend on the kid, and anyone who tells you there is a rule of thumb that applies to all kids is full of hooey.

John1

Our oldest missed the cut off by 6 days (Dec 2 in CA at that time, BD Dec8). Made me NUTS!! She was way ready for KG, played with older kids not kids her own age. I argued they offered to test for $$ which we did not have so she started the next year. By third grade they have moved her ahead a year (I TOLD YOU SO!!! ) and she graduated with the class she would have started with had they listened to her mom! So, I guess the point of this is that the school (yes public school) saw her abilities, worked her at her potential and had her complete 3 years of school (1,2,3) in two years. She was in a first/second combined class and a second/third combined class, thus the teacher could just keep her moving ahead.

 

[MrsMork]

Our file server is down.

I cannot get any REAL work done!

John1

THIS is my real work. The other stuff I do is just to fill the time until I can retire and do this full time!

 

[lbgraves]

It sounds like that worked out perfectly for your DD, Angie.

 

[waltsgirl]

Yeah like i could cut class in HS two-three times a week and not miss anything....

Even got in house suspension once when we left school grounds during our mid-day advisory.

"I wouldn't say I was MISSING SCHOOL, Bob"

Well I didn't mean that much fun.

 

[87Heel]

There is no perfect answer for kids and starting kindergarten. Elizabeth's birthday is 9/28. We lived in Virginia, in a district with a 10/1 cutoff, and she was ready to start K even though she'd be 4 for the first few weeks. Plans change for Trey's CT surgery fellowship, and we move to PA at the end of July. PA districts set cutoffs independently. Our district was 9/15, so now she did not make the cutoff, and couldn't be in any preschool, because all the spots were full. Luckily, they will do a test for exceptions, and she passed (and the psychologist said she'd probably qualify for the gifted program, too-- but we didn't do those tests until 2nd grade). So it has worked out well for her most of the time; sometimes weird when everyone else is turning 13 and having bar/bat mitzvahs and she just turned 12, or on youth league sports teams when you're on teams with kids who are 2 grades below you.
In the future we'll have to make decisions again, because Walt makes the cutoff (8/31 birthday) by 2 weeks, but maybe we'll decide that he's not ready.

bottom line: Have kids with April birthdays, like Hannah!!

 

[Jhalkias]

There is no perfect answer for kids and starting kindergarten. Elizabeth's birthday is 9/28. We lived in Virginia, in a district with a 10/1 cutoff, and she was ready to start K even though she'd be 4 for the first few weeks. Plans change for Trey's CT surgery fellowship, and we move to PA at the end of July. PA districts set cutoffs independently. Our district was 9/15, so now she did not make the cutoff, and couldn't be in any preschool, because all the spots were full. Luckily, they will do a test for exceptions, and she passed (and the psychologist said she'd probably qualify for the gifted program, too-- but we didn't do those tests until 2nd grade). So it has worked out well for her most of the time; sometimes weird when everyone else is turning 13 and having bar/bat mitzvahs and she just turned 12, or on youth league sports teams when you're on teams with kids who are 2 grades below you.
In the future we'll have to make decisions again, because Walt makes the cutoff (8/31 birthday) by 2 weeks, but maybe we'll decide that he's not ready.

bottom line: Have kids with April birthdays, like Hannah!!

Two more posts to 2000 for you Marielle!

John1