Yes i got that. I stated as much.
Anyone have their kids in private school?
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Do don't want to invest in your child's future? Got it.
Yeah but you added a bunch of lame stuff
Yeah, I went to public schools for 10 years (more than half of that in HISD) and an average private school for 2 years. You can't fool me with imaginary benefits of being around bad students, woke faculty and discipline problems. I got to see both sides and there was no comparison. The public schools, even with advanced level classes, were simply not competitive in terms of offering a good learning environment and a community of other families that were good influences.CDUB98 said:schmendeler said:
also wanted our kids to be well-rounded, and not in a bubble of only the same kind of people as us.
Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about.
It's called personality mirroring and its a skill that will help them be successful in life. As long as not over applied. Small town people do it too. Grow up and develop twang that didn't exist in grade school. Think bigger McFly.
Super early for drunk ass Ray Guy posts.
Ray Guy said:
It's called personality mirroring and its a skill that will help them be successful in life. As long as not over applied. Small town people do it too. Grow up and develop twang that didn't exist in grade school. Think bigger McFly.
Sorry to have offended and I admire your white knighting on behalf of males from Kinkaid. But I'll stand by my statement that Kinkaid dudes are charmin soft from my experience, with maybe one or two exceptions in every class. Damn good hair though.
We have four children there, and have been there 9 years. Overall, good experience.
It has allowed our children to be big fish in a small pond, so to speak. We will probably send kids to public high school (Spring Branch ISD) since high school is much more expensive, but at least they've received a good foundation.
There is a strong religious component. We like this, but non-Catholics may not.
It has allowed our children to be big fish in a small pond, so to speak. We will probably send kids to public high school (Spring Branch ISD) since high school is much more expensive, but at least they've received a good foundation.
There is a strong religious component. We like this, but non-Catholics may not.
the idea of sending twins to two separate schools is absolutely wild to me.
lol, seriously. Ok kid #1, I'll pay a sh/t ton of money and send you to a private school. Kid #2, try not to get shanked.
swimmerbabe11 said:
the idea of sending twins to two separate schools is absolutely wild to me.
Apparently it was their choice.
We also have some friends with 5 kids. Both widows. She brought 3 to the marriage, he brought 1, then they had one together. All 5 are at different private schools around town. That to me is absolutely wild. We are looking to move all our kids to Second Baptist sooner rather than later just because having to deal with two schools is a PITA enough.
Your choice, man.
I'm guessing twin number 2 is in a sport like baseball where there can be crazy competition to get playing time at a place like Strake.swimmerbabe11 said:
the idea of sending twins to two separate schools is absolutely wild to me.
I would imagine most "rich kid" sports are hella competitive at Strake.
bigjag19 said:
I would imagine most "rich kid" sports are hella competitive at Strake.
Pretty much every single Jesuit school I've ever heard of is really competitive in sports. And that's all sports. Part of the Jesuit tradition is the body fueling the mind and doing so via sports is the modern way rather than literal "soldiers of Christ" of the past.
https://thejesuitpost.org/2022/06/why-jesuit-schools-love-sports-an-explainer/
I just feel like one of the biggest benefits of having kids close together in age is so that they can watch out for each other at school. Besides the logistical nightmare, one of my big goals as a parent will be to foster a close relationship between my hypothetical kids. I dunno, this is very biased coming from someone who benefited by having an older brother in the same school as me....except when his english teacher didn't like him.
There are so many schools/private schools in Houston that it is hard for me to believe that none of them would meet the needs of both kids.
There are so many schools/private schools in Houston that it is hard for me to believe that none of them would meet the needs of both kids.
Sometimes it is difficult to get both kids in, some times people believe in same sex education so that changes things. The schools are super competitive and not all kids meet that mold.
I, too, was an expert on parenting.....until I had kids.
I didn't shy away from admitting that my children are hypothetical and that I am biased from my own anecdotal experiences.
My hypothetical children are smart, beautiful, and athletic btw. Strong willed AND well behaved. Adventurous, but stay out of trouble. AND they aren't picky eaters AT ALL. Screens? who needs them. They are reading classic literature. /tongue in cheek
My hypothetical children are smart, beautiful, and athletic btw. Strong willed AND well behaved. Adventurous, but stay out of trouble. AND they aren't picky eaters AT ALL. Screens? who needs them. They are reading classic literature. /tongue in cheek
Bless your heart.
Will you let your 16 year-old daughter flirt with guys on college football message boards like her mom used to do?
Didn't think so.
Good call.
Didn't think so.
Good call.
It all starts with playing Mozart in the womb.
Ehh, bit over the top. I don't remember swimmy ever flirting with us GB pervs. Maybe I was just oblivious.maroon barchetta said:
Will you let your 16 year-old daughter flirt with guys on college football message boards like her mom used to do?
Didn't think so.
Good call.
CDUB98 said:Ehh, bit over the top. I don't remember swimmy ever flirting with us GB pervs. Maybe I was just oblivious.maroon barchetta said:
Will you let your 16 year-old daughter flirt with guys on college football message boards like her mom used to do?
Didn't think so.
Good call.
Maybe so. I just recall a recent thread bump that had her posting as a teenager and it was weird.
CDUB98 said:Ehh, bit over the top. I don't remember swimmy ever flirting with us GB pervs. Maybe I was just oblivious.maroon barchetta said:
Will you let your 16 year-old daughter flirt with guys on college football message boards like her mom used to do?
Didn't think so.
Good call.
She definitely was. I remember the late nights sitting in the dorm.
I hesitate to give a real response, but Texags has definitely been more of a net positive in my life than negative. I pray that's the worst thing my hypothetical daughter ever wants to do. I was still very innocent and nave going into college. Many of my best friends are idiots from this place.
Daughter went to JPII from 1st through 5th. It was ok, but she heard later from her old classmates that stayed through 8th that they didn't feel as prepared for high school as they thought they would be. The admin would always brag to parents about being the cheapest tuition catholic school in the area, so much so that it was odd.
https://www.jp2.org/admissions/tuition-2024-2025
It is pretty darn cheap compared to others I have looked at
It is pretty darn cheap compared to others I have looked at
swimmerbabe11 said:
I didn't shy away from admitting that my children are hypothetical and that I am biased from my own anecdotal experiences.
My hypothetical children are smart, beautiful, and athletic btw. Strong willed AND well behaved. Adventurous, but stay out of trouble. AND they aren't picky eaters AT ALL. Screens? who needs them. They are reading classic literature. /tongue in cheek
Guess I'll be seeing you at Pastor Pauls Coffee with the Headmaster's. You can learn all about the dangers of screens!
I will pitch in and say that anybody in the galleria area should check out Memorial Lutheran School.
You'll get a classical education + chapel everyday.
Screens aren't big at this school.
One of the things I've liked the most is the well-roundedness of the school. Academics are tough, but they have sports, and other extra-curricular's that keep the kids and families engaged.
They did just add a High School, so no real graduations yet, but they were a feeder to Strake for a while until they decided if they were feeding those schools, they should start their own school.
You'll get a classical education + chapel everyday.
Screens aren't big at this school.
One of the things I've liked the most is the well-roundedness of the school. Academics are tough, but they have sports, and other extra-curricular's that keep the kids and families engaged.
They did just add a High School, so no real graduations yet, but they were a feeder to Strake for a while until they decided if they were feeding those schools, they should start their own school.
Can someone put it in real world terms what the heck a "Classical Education" is? I googled the definition and it doesn't seem like anything different or unique. I feel like I never heard the term until a year ago and now I see numerous parents who have their kids in those charter and private schools stating they like the school because it offers "Classical Education"
At a basic level, it's supposed to be more well-rounded than more modern systems.
Link to MLS: https://www.memoriallutheranschool.org/about/classical-education.cfm
What this means is more of a focus on the classics books over modern readings. It means less tech in the classroom. It means introductions to Logic, Rhetoric, Philosophy, etc.
Essentially they want students to graduate with a general education that touches on all the categories of a true "Liberal Arts" education vs one focused on STEM, Common Core, etc.
In a large sense, it's really a return to how we were educated before it was all screwed up.
Edit to add this link as well, which does a decent job: https://www.ccle.org/classical-lutheran-education-101/
Link to MLS: https://www.memoriallutheranschool.org/about/classical-education.cfm
Quote:
Classical education forms children to love learning the good, true, and beautiful, and to serve their neighbors by means of whatever vocation they may have.
This formation hands over the treasury of knowledge that is common to Western Civilization namely, the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Liberal Arts are sevenfold: the Trivium (three ways) or Language Arts (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric) and the Quadrivium (four ways) or Mathematical Arts (Mathematics, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy). Other traditional subjects fit into these. The Liberal Sciences are fields of knowledge (scientia means knowledge in Latin), chiefly philosophy, law and theology. These arts and sciences along with the main contents of the humanities (history and literature) flesh out the content of the rich education Memorial delivers to each student.
What this means is more of a focus on the classics books over modern readings. It means less tech in the classroom. It means introductions to Logic, Rhetoric, Philosophy, etc.
Essentially they want students to graduate with a general education that touches on all the categories of a true "Liberal Arts" education vs one focused on STEM, Common Core, etc.
In a large sense, it's really a return to how we were educated before it was all screwed up.
Edit to add this link as well, which does a decent job: https://www.ccle.org/classical-lutheran-education-101/
cajunaggie08 said:
Can someone put it in real world terms what the heck a "Classical Education" is? I googled the definition and it doesn't seem like anything different or unique. I feel like I never heard the term until a year ago and now I see numerous parents who have their kids in those charter and private schools stating they like the school because it offers "Classical Education"
Traditional liberal arts that goes back to ancient Greece. Not only the "Three R's" but logic, rhetoric, traditional philosophies from Greece & Rome. The underlying principles are generally free inquiry and critical thinking. Most folks I know who have sent their kids places like this have them taking Latin at some point. They read the classics and stuff like "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius and so forth. More traditional math instruction than Common Core principles.
Stuff like that.
I'm pretty sure they castrate the young singers who show special promise. Very traditional.
AgLiving06 said:
At a basic level, it's supposed to be more well-rounded than more modern systems.
Link to MLS: https://www.memoriallutheranschool.org/about/classical-education.cfmQuote:
Classical education forms children to love learning the good, true, and beautiful, and to serve their neighbors by means of whatever vocation they may have.
This formation hands over the treasury of knowledge that is common to Western Civilization namely, the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Liberal Arts are sevenfold: the Trivium (three ways) or Language Arts (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric) and the Quadrivium (four ways) or Mathematical Arts (Mathematics, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy). Other traditional subjects fit into these. The Liberal Sciences are fields of knowledge (scientia means knowledge in Latin), chiefly philosophy, law and theology. These arts and sciences along with the main contents of the humanities (history and literature) flesh out the content of the rich education Memorial delivers to each student.
What this means is more of a focus on the classics books over modern readings. It means less tech in the classroom. It means introductions to Logic, Rhetoric, Philosophy, etc.
Essentially they want students to graduate with a general education that touches on all the categories of a true "Liberal Arts" education vs one focused on STEM, Common Core, etc.
In a large sense, it's really a return to how we were educated before it was all screwed up.
Edit to add this link as well, which does a decent job: https://www.ccle.org/classical-lutheran-education-101/
Beat me to it by a couple minutes.
I would say that they don't neglect the math and sciences at all but they focus overall on critical thinking and analysis rather than rote learning.