Aiofe had her last test day today and it went fine. She will be starting
in her 1 grade class on Monday, so my worries was unfounded, thank God.
I definitely think she need to be with her age group. Liam starts in playschool
and there was nothing I could do about that, but it's only 1 semester and then
he'll be back in school. He'll also starts on Monday. Freedom soon will come.
Caman, we are contemplating a long-distance move too. Now that things are starting to get settled, how do you think the kids handled it all?
We are terrified about putting the kids into a new school in the middle of the year, but there has been some literature that suggests this is better than at the beginning of the new academic year.
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Caman, glad to hear that things are working out.....it always makes things more stressfull when the kids are involved, or so it seemed to me. Early in our marriage we moved about 9 times in 3 years. It was fine when we didn't have school aged kids, but once they began going to school that all changed.
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Dana, research that I have read recently indicates that it depends upon the children and the teacher when there is a move. If a teacher is willing and able to undertake some basic informal literacy and numeracy assessments to get some sense of where a student is at mid-year, then that is a help. If the kids really like the idea of a new school, then that is a bonus.
Personally, I have no experience with moving. I went to the same public school from K-6 (1700 in my public school), the same junior high school from grades 7-9 (3900 in that school) and the same high school from grades 10-12 (7700+ in that school). So, we went with the herd from school to school. Luckily, they were neighborhood schools, one block, three blocks and 10 blocks from my house.
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Good. She took Dr.Sinc's advice. I guess you won't be sending her a consultation bill.
Surprise, the doc refused another slip and told her to go back on Monday, she would heal with time. Incredible. With her cough still deep and bubbly as well.
Surprise, the doc refused another slip and told her to go back on Monday, she would heal with time. Incredible. With her cough still deep and bubbly as well.
Amazing!!! Just what everyone else needs is your cold, which was given to Crystal, and now, possibly to others.
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Don, I think every teacher gets the teacher cough .... something like kennel cough I guess. When I did my practicum I started in January and didn't get rid of the thing until July. The doc could do nothing, so I guess with Crystal he felt she could hack it......
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Don, I think every teacher gets the teacher cough .... something like kennel cough I guess. When I did my practicum I started in January and didn't get rid of the thing until July. The doc could do nothing, so I guess with Crystal he felt she could hack it......
Not funny this time, Rp. Crystal gives her cough to four students, who give it to their parents, who then give it to some of their friends, one of whom meets Don in his local ................. and gives it back to him.
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Originally Posted by danalicious
Caman, we are contemplating a long-distance move too. Now that things are starting to get settled, how do you think the kids handled it all?
We are terrified about putting the kids into a new school in the middle of the year, but there has been some literature that suggests this is better than at the beginning of the new academic year.
Kids deals poorly with any kind of move. Especially
if it is further then 1015 miles away. Not question about it. All we parents can do
is soften the blow. for us, moving back to our flat was OK, since they know the
place, but The move to Bellevue made them loose their feet and made them very
unsettled and worried. Fighting, argument and slight depression all around.
I agree with ye. Changing school in the middle of the year is not good at all.
There is bound to be catching up and who knows if they will be able to.
As well there is probably easier to get into a friendship when you start at
the beginning of the year. If I could have change our move I would really
have wanted to go later, sometimes during the summer and when I moved to
Bellevue last year I would have wanted to come at least 1 month before school
started, so the kids could have gotten to know the place and surroundings.
Don't listen to what they wrote, listen to your gut feeling. Parents know best.
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