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OT Education was new Harry Potter film
We had a Compartive Religions class in my USA high school. Also a very good class, very small with only interested kids attending so it was an easy/challenging class for the teacher to teach. Nothing offered like that in my teen's high school today. Though they do have an alternative religions club. As a Mom to 2 identified students I can tell you with certainty that there is no savings to be made in the area of special education. Another subject near and dear to mine heart as the mother of a dyslexic 8th grader. Though he has had excellent teachers, they are overwhelmed with the number and scope of all the students that come their way. Luckily I had the time, money and the skill (not being dyslexic myself) to supplement his education. We could use triple the dollars for the programs and still need more. The other thing I noticed has changed is the whole second language issue. We started French in grade eight when I was in school in Canada. A Canadian friend has her daughter starting in kindergarten. Here foreign language is offered, Spanish only, as a supplemental class in middle school. All college bound students must have two years in high school. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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"Ka30P" wrote in message ... We had a Compartive Religions class in my USA high school. Also a very good class, very small with only interested kids attending so it was an easy/challenging class for the teacher to teach. Nothing offered like that in my teen's high school today. Though they do have an alternative religions club. As a Mom to 2 identified students I can tell you with certainty that there is no savings to be made in the area of special education. Another subject near and dear to mine heart as the mother of a dyslexic 8th grader. Though he has had excellent teachers, they are overwhelmed with the number and scope of all the students that come their way. Luckily I had the time, money and the skill (not being dyslexic myself) to supplement his education. We could use triple the dollars for the programs and still need more. The other thing I noticed has changed is the whole second language issue. We started French in grade eight when I was in school in Canada. A Canadian friend has her daughter starting in kindergarten. Here foreign language is offered, Spanish only, as a supplemental class in middle school. All college bound students must have two years in high school. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A My eldest daughter is in JK this year & will be starting French Immersion next fall in SK. It's an opportunity I wish I had had. However, I have 3 girls and I'm not going to have teenage daughters who can speak a language I can't, so I'll be taking a French course myself in the near future. Jacqui |
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Jacqui wrote I'm not going to have teenage daughters who can speak a language I can't, so I'll be taking a French course myself chortle! My sister-in-law has two daughters who both were exchange students and both speak Slovakian... kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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OT Education was new Harry Potter film
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From: "Ka30P" Newsgroups: rec.ponds Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:52 PM Subject: OT Education was new Harry Potter film Kathy in our seperate highschools there is a world religion studies course option in either grade 11 or 12. I know I saw it in my son's course guide book and we talked a little about it. He is thinking he may take it in one of those years... We had a Compartive Religions class in my USA high school. Also a very good class, very small with only interested kids attending so it was an easy/challenging class for the teacher to teach. Nothing offered like that in my teen's high school today. Though they do have an alternative religions club. As a Mom to 2 identified students I can tell you with certainty that there is no savings to be made in the area of special education. Another subject near and dear to mine heart as the mother of a dyslexic 8th grader. Though he has had excellent teachers, they are overwhelmed with the number and scope of all the students that come their way. Luckily I had the time, money and the skill (not being dyslexic myself) to supplement his education. We could use triple the dollars for the programs and still need more. Been there, done that and pray I don't have to do it again! ;o) My oldest is diagnosed with learning disabilities, central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) and also has visual processing issues. I cringe when I think about how much money we've spent, he's also had extensive occupational therapy at school as well as worked with a speech-language therapist. He also wears an FM system at school for all his classes. My middle kiddo is actually a gifted learner (go figure!) and my youngest is incredibly similar to her older brother. She also has CAPD and was speech delayed. She was enrolled in a special class for SK where she spent a half day in a regular classroom and the other half with a speech language therapist. The other thing I noticed has changed is the whole second language issue. We started French in grade eight when I was in school in Canada. A Canadian friend has her daughter starting in kindergarten. Here foreign language is offered, Spanish only, as a supplemental class in middle school. All college bound students must have two years in high school. Our kids now start learning french in juniour kindergarden.It's been this way in my board for 9 years. My middle kiddo is in grade 7 and was the first year. My brother is completely bilingual (thanks to living in Paris for 2 years, not school) and my kiddo can hold a conversation with him. My youngest, even with her language difficulties is actually quite conversational in french as well. Our kids must take french all the way through elementary and must have 1 french credit to graduate highschool. Janet in Niagara Falls who thankfully missed the doosy storm today! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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-- "axeman chris" wrote in message ... My eldest daughter is in JK this year & will be starting French Immersion next fall in SK. It's an opportunity I wish I had had. However, I have 3 girls and I'm not going to have teenage daughters who can speak a language I can't, so I'll be taking a French course myself in the near future. Jacqui ROTFLMAO! That is too funny. I must say though by the time they are teenagers they become invisible anyway... Janet... Mom to a 15 yr old that we never see, we just check from time to time to see if he's *still* on the phone! ) |
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Janet wrote Been there, done that and pray I don't have to do it again! It took a couple years for our youngest to be diagnosed dyslexic and a visual spatial learner. I often wish I could have stopped time for a year and read all the books I eventually plowed through to figure out what to do. And I'm still doing it, just read one last month and am still learning things about the wonderful world of the visual spatial soul. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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