~oo~ SEPTEMBER DYK THREAD ~oo~

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~oo~ SEPTEMBER DYK THREAD ~oo~
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Mon, 09-01-2008 - 3:06am

DYK Thread for
September


**For those uncertain to what a DYK thread is......**


DYK stands for Did You Know or Do You Know


It is simply a chit chat thread where every thought is written in sentences and each sentences starts with the initials DYK---it is fun, entertaining and a great way to meet the board members


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Registered: 08-11-2007
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 11:09am

Gabby is adjusting too.She brought home her progress report yesterday and she is doing really well.Her lowest grade was a 95% and that was in gym.Not sure where the 95 came from as this is the first year they get an actual grade in gym.


I am sure some of her %'s will be lower by the end of the 9 weeks becasue they are pretty high at the moment.She has a 100% in English and computer.However the vocab in English is getting harder each week and they do not get a word bank for the est.The words are pretty much 10 synayms,that mean practically the same thing,so they truely are hard.She also gets SAT words,but those are actually easier,because they do have diff definations.She has a 98% in science ,but now they are getting into the nitty gritty of science so we shall see how it goes.Math and Reading should stay pretty much the same.They started reading The Outsiders last week and she is enjoying that.


Gab has off on Columbus day.Do you always get the Jewish holidays off?We never do.

 

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 6:44pm

DYK yes, the girls get Jewish holidays off....I think its a holdover from 30 yrs ago


DYK Please don't anyone take this as anti-Semitic but now immigrants outnumber the Jews except maybe on the school board....I'd prefer not to have these days off (Rosh Hashanah is New Yr....I don't get Chinese New Yr off so I don't see the big fuss about this) & instead have longer winter break


DYK our area has truly become a majority of minorities -- that being the case I don't believe any one religion should have holiday singled out, again just IMHO


DYK the girls go to school but we are off Columbus day so the school system has what they call open house...you can drop in to see your child in an actual class

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 6:51pm
DYK picking up debris, that is a good thing. I bet things look a whole lot better!

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Registered: 08-11-2007
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 8:11pm
The Jewish holidays are excused abcenses here.There are a few districts around here that do close,but they have a large Jewish population,so more kids would be off than not.Gab's one friend she dances with did not come tonight becasue she is Jewish.If it is just a small amt of kids it is easier to have school.I am Catholic and we do not get off all the Holy Days of obligation and there are a lot of them.I don't even think the Catholic schools get all of them off.That is kind of cool that you get to visit your kids classes though.

 

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 8:52pm

In my hometown, the Catholic school tried to be "open" on all Holy Days of Obligation, since they can make sure the students go to Mass. ;o)



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Registered: 01-28-2004
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 9:23am
yes its starting to look better. And you get to realize how cheap your neighbors actually are. I about ready to move just because of that. But i know I will just deal with it. I will be very happy when the fence gets put back to privacy. Everything else will eventually figure its way back. Does not look like its going to take too much longer. Even galveston is looking better.

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