My son quit school last week. More
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Clara's Clearing
Clara's Clearing
How unreasonable can you get?
I will take a break from recounting school woes now and talk about something I enjoy almost more than anything else in life: dance. In fact, as you may have noticed dance is the theme of many of the updates this week. I might as well also fess up that I am very partial to dance – as both art and education – and I have every intention of promoting dance and boys in dance on this site. More
Fourth grade teacher to the rescue
My son’s fourth grade teacher, Sara, is a young and energetic woman who takes her work seriously. One of the first assignments she gave her students was an “I Am” composition. This was a sheet with partial sentences for the children to complete with their own thoughts and feelings. Here is my son’s, his comments in italics: More
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Comments
I don't know if I had the courage, to let my son do it. I admire you for this and forming a "private school". You are a very good and concerned Mother. I admire your courage and wish you lots of energy. You did the right thing.