Summer School Blues

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Summer School Blues
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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 3:05pm

I really don't want to deal with summer school this year, but ds17 is going to have to go and complete Plane Geometry, his last math requirement for graduation.

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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 3:12pm

Do you have to pay for summer school where you live? Here we have to pay for Summer school, which really really bites because all the schools near our home charge almost $300 per class. DD17's school only charges $140/class but it's about 18 miles out of town EACH way.

DD did a class last year and two classes the summer before that. It was a real pocketbook breaker for us. *IF* dd passes all her classes and graduates in June, I will be SO glad to see those days over with!! And now that she's driving, her own little car, I am even more relieved.

I think you're definitely making a good choice in having DS get that class over with in Summer school instead of adding it to his Senior class load. That would stink and summer school is so much more relaxed and just about everyone passes in summer school. In our schools, if you miss more than 1 day or are late twice you fail summer school - find out if yours has any absence/tardy limits.

>< >< Keeping my fingers crossed!!

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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 3:26pm

I took US History in summer school-I despise the subject and just wanted to get it over with and word was it was "easier" in the summer. I barely remember it but back then it was filled with a lot of kids just like me-good students, female, who just didnt like the subject. The summer teacher was 'cool'; we liked him and the full year teacher was stuffy. You know, all the important things when you are 16!

I think you are doing a wise thing with ds. DS1's GF graduated in 3 years and took one of her English's in the summer. Upon hearing about DS3's verbal LD, she suggested we might want to have him do English in the summer. She said they never even wrote a paper the whole time and it was very easy compared to the full year

I had forgotten about it until this post because, oddly enough, English has been one of his easiest subjects this year, verbal LD or not. Its math thats killing him. But they told me he had the toughest math teacher in the school and it should be downhill from here on out(I figure if teachers and counselors were willing to say that, ouch-she must be tough)

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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 4:39pm

Are you ready: I finally have something good to say about the California public schools: we don't have to pay for summer school! Yay!

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Thu, 05-24-2007 - 4:57pm

I think you are wise to have ds take his geometry over the summer.

It is good for all kids to have activities to do during the summer. Attending summer school is apt to be a better choice than just hanging out at home. Here, enrichment classes are not filled with remedial or delinquent kids; those kids are in the basic classes.

Keep up the good work

Mimi

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 6:11pm
I am so jealous! LOL - Our schools up here in the northeast are top of the line, but we pay a hefty price.
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Mon, 05-28-2007 - 10:43pm

Carlin is taking summer school kind of. At the end of the summer she will be taking her third year of calculus at a local high school. Her school does not allow for a kid to take summer school unless they failed or need to take it to graduate for regular classes. She was going to take computers over the summer, but a family trip got in the way. Plus in the beginning of the summer she is going to stay at a local college for 2 weeks and take a class.

It is good to have kids do something productive over the summer. Just because it is a vacation doesn't mean that their brains need to go to mush.

Stephanie