Comments on: The Paperchase

By: Honors is not an easy decision | Susiej

Honors is not an easy decision | Susiej — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:53:43 +0000

[...] school called me this week. They want my son to join the honors math class. His face lit up like a Christmas tree when I shared the news with him. Still, he was [...]

By: I only said “I told you so” three times, | Susiej

I only said “I told you so” three times, | Susiej — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:24:14 +0000

[...] assignment, adding to my son’s already overloaded homework burden, was to illustrate, write and bind a children’s [...]

By: Virgin Hot Toddy Recipe | Susiej

Virgin Hot Toddy Recipe | Susiej — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:29:02 +0000

[...] attention and take care of myself in the early stages. I stayed up late and worked on home movies, homework, and one million other things. I was sipping the vinegar, and learned that sipping the vinegar is [...]

By: Susiej » Is Preschool killing childhood?

Susiej » Is Preschool killing childhood? — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:28:16 +0000

[...] seen the stress the NCLB leaves on Middle-School kids, and now it seems NCLB has hit the preschool room too. There’s no reason to teach a child to [...]

By: Susiej » Fast and fresh with lots of Freckles

Susiej » Fast and fresh with lots of Freckles — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:17:58 +0000

[...] could just care less about those games. But what are your kids learning in school? School today is very demanding for kids and their parents. Some of us figure out ways to volunteer at our kid’s school so [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:18:46 +0000

Re: The Paper Chase — do you remember the ‘shrouding’ episode from the series? I was delighted by that one. Not sure I’d want to see that in middle school, though!

By: Busy Mom

Busy Mom — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:25:18 +0000

You are living my life.

By: bill

bill — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:14 +0000

Our experience has been pretty positive. I think my daughters time in middle school is much more learning, much less rote than my own during the same period. And though I don’t really like the idea that they ask for the kid to involve the parents, its not a bad thing… but the way they do ‘parent teacher’ meetings totally stinks. So, overall — 8.7 out of 10.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:39:40 +0000

By 8th grade, they seem to not have any homework but still follow you around after everyone else has gone to bed wanting to tell you about who got in trouble and who likes who at school. At least that’s what’s going on with my oldest.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:52:50 +0000

I think the paperchase was a great idea. Work is so much easier in a group. Hopefully the work will ease up soon. I’m glad he seems to be enjoying school!