Oddly enough, mine went from a huge middle school to tiny high school. ;-) 1600 students in her middle school to 400 (total) in her high school (you have to test into it and have teacher recs, too). I'm so glad they aren't doing any hand holding. Fortunately, they *do* provide for freshman to go through an adjustment period, but if she doesn't keep her grades up next semester, she could find herself bounced to a regular high school.
This would be bad.
We're zoned for an *excellent* school, but I foresee nothing but trouble if she winds up there. Nothing worse than bored bright kid.
We're lucky to have excellent public schools (well, some of them are excellent - we're still working on the ones that aren't so much). I just hate the hand holding. It never helps and just sets the kids up for failure later.
here the schools are very scattershot. The reason the kids are in private in the first place was when we went and visited the school they were assigned we had a lovely tour which ended on the high note of 'now the calls to the police are down to two or three a month!"
One of the reasons I live where I do is because the schools this apartment is zoned for are excellent. We also have the option for using "school choice" to go elsewhere. I just know me and paperwork - I don't have to keep reapplying for the magnet high school, otherwise, we'd be toast. I'm about as organized as a plate of spaghetti. ;-)
we have a sort of open enrollment thing going on too, but it's easier to get into some schools than others. The high schools here are great, but I want to avoid the elementary schools with the knife fights thanks.
Soooo glad we didn't have that kind of trouble in her elementary school. There were some 'baby gangs' in her junior high, but they never messed with my kid (she and her friends did sometimes mess with them ;-). It probably helped that she was a head taller than the gang members and while slender, would never be mistaken for "willowy". She's got a strong solid build that goes nicely with her "WTF do you think you're *doing*?" attitude. ;-)
Really, she's got all the makings of a kick ass librarian. ;-)
She's great. She's also falling asleep on the sofa while trying to finish another project. I keep telling her not to wait until the last minute, but she got so used to being able to procrastinate in junior high. It's a hard habit to break.
I've got my fingers crossed that she'll carry through with her winter project plans. She's got to read a book and do an assignment during the break. I suggested she get it done *before* Christmas, which would then free her up for the rest of her break to actually *break*. :-)
Yes, nudging is already happening. Nudging as in "have this done before you come home from your dad's". ;-) She only has one major project at home for the break: clean her room. :-) It sounds worse than it is. Or rather, it's as bad as it sounds, but she's been wanting to get the time to get to it and do a serious job - still got elementary school stuff hanging around that never got purged.
I can't really say much, given my, um, lack of organization. (Yeah, that sounds better than "I'm a slob". :-) However, I draw the line when it keeps me (or her) from being able to find stuff after a reasonable search or get to places in a room. :-)
the books aren't usually 'lost' here, just misplaced until around the second overdue notice or so. (now all notices go to me, not the munchkins, in hopes of avoiding that to at least some extent)
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This would be bad.
We're zoned for an *excellent* school, but I foresee nothing but trouble if she winds up there. Nothing worse than bored bright kid.
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Oh yes, bright and bored does not end well....
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0_o erm, no thanks.
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Paperwork. Oh yeah. I suck at that
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Really, she's got all the makings of a kick ass librarian. ;-)
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Been there, lost that... and the 12 overdue books. ;-)
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