Originally Posted by
Octobermommy
This is very interesting to me, smilequeen, and troubling as this is what I want to avoid. I don't want my kids to think that a school choice impacted their life negatively. Could you elaborate? Do you think enrichment after school would have helped?
At this point the earliest we could move would be during 6th grade or between 6 & 7 grade.
Thanks so much for your honesty!
You know what though? My parents did the best they could with what they could and I appreciate that. They couldn't have paid for a private school. I went to Catholic. Our public schools were not good at middle school/HS...so that kind of made them leery of putting me in for elementary school. And they really wanted us to go to Catholic school. I went to a private Catholic HS and it was much more challenging. I know my mom wishes I could have had what my kids have, but I totally don't hold a grudge that they did what they could.
I do think learning something challenging outside of school would have helped. I think languages would be such an awesome idea. Very few kids get that. An instrument is also a great idea. An art class. A sport that they find challenging? I think just dealing with *something* challenging could do wonders. It doesn't just have to be school.
Mama to my boys (04,07,11)