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	Name:	TBird -
	Subject:	I'm told that's not quite it.
	Date:	12/7/2005 9:49:41 AM

We are new to the Lake and this forum. We mainly sit on the sidelines and read the comments trying to acclimate ourselves with the area and the opinions. We are Florida transplants and soon to be fulltimers at the lake.

This post is of special interest to us as we just adopted our three grandchildren (8, 10, and 12) and after being out of the public school systems for many years we are again in the parent/school standoff mode. The system has lost sight of what is important in education and child development. The cry babies need to get a life and concentrate on what is important.

I am including a partial story from a local paper about schooling and especially homeschooling.

"WASHINGTON -- A 16-year-old California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.

Michael Viscardi, a senior from San Diego, won a $100,000 college scholarship, the top individual prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

Viscardi said he's been homeschooled since fifth grade, although he does take math classes at the University of California at San Diego three days a week."

Home schooling is becoming very popular and growing. Could be parents want more for their kids.

We are going to enroll our three in Auburn private schools. The local public schools are only as good as the system will allow them to be. Many fine teachers are leaving the system and going else where out of frustration. We were raised with the Ten Commandments and started the day with the Lords Prayer plus the pledge to the flag. Getting in trouble at school meant getting into worse trouble at home, not confrontation with the administration by the parent(s).

Enough said, were done. Have a great day. Don't shoot us, just our opinion(s).