Rock and a Hard Place

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Rock and a Hard Place
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Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am

There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.

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Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 4:16pm
I was wondering how it would work if people can choose the schools. Won't there be a gazillion people wanting to go to the good schools? How will they decide who gets in? A lottery? A first come first serve?
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Registered: 08-29-2002
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 4:28pm
Sweden has a system of "free schools" in addition to the usual local schools, which are essentially private schools with different kinds of emphasis (for example English, International, German, French, some Montessori). The schools are mostly supported by the state and, therefore, free. Places are given out based on either a first-come, first-serve basis or lottery. Some children move to the head of the line for particular reasons. For example, siblings of children already attending the school have automatic right to a place and jump to the head of the line. In the case of schools with an emphasis on a language, children who have that language as their mother (or father) tongue also usually have some right to move to the head of the line. Generally, the system works reasonably fairly, but there are always the cases of some important person's child jumping to the head of the line for no apparent reason....

Laura

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 4:38pm

Well in our area there are quite a few of *good* school districts as well as *good* schools within other districts.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-23-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 6:24pm
Exactly how would that be? Explain how they're better off. 30 years of research has failed to come up with any advantages of SAH.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-23-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 6:25pm
Educational software is a big reason my dd's are as far ahead as they are.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 7:57pm
As you well know, there are plenty of individual family situations in which having a sahp might be optimum. So its entirely possible that someone elses children could be better off with a sahp, than yours are with a wohp. Totally depends on the individual situation.

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Dj

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 7:59pm
I can assure you that as a child welfare worker when I got called to investigate babies *wandering off*, the case usually opened. A two year old wandering off while Mom is watching a soap opera, (while possibly intoxicated)is a child protection issue. A 2 y/o should never be able to wander off and not be noticed. It certainly doesn't take long for a baby to get killed *wandering off* in the streets while mother doesn't even know she is missing AND waits for a commercial to collect her when the avon lady picks her up!
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 8:00pm
SAH/WOH makes no difference in YOUR family. It makes a huge difference to others.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 8:11pm
You are hilarious! THAT is not a debatable point? Gee, and here we are debating it! Hmmm... go figure. So since silly old us are debating us something that isn't even debatable, perhaps you can enlighten us by describing exactly what this means:

<<>> Better results in what?

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 8:19pm
There is a small city in northern Alberta (Fort McMurray, the oil capital of Canada). Many of the workers at this plant are tradesmen who make outrageous amounts of money. Average earnings are 250K/year. In many families both partners are pulling in a similar salary. SAHPs there are very rare. Even the unskilled labourers are pulling in 75K/year. A dishwasher in one of the camps can make $25/hr. Many unskilled and uneducated people migrated north for these jobs. About 30 years ago, when the plant first opened, the company offered homes with no downpayment and guaranteed buy backs. They no longer offer incentives like that because it is now a thriving metropolis. An average 3 bdrm bungalow costs $350K.

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