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monster · 01-10-2011, 08:31 PM

I neglected to say that that list is what the kids may NOT do.

The divide in the two styles of parenting is very obvious here in (hippie) Ann Arbor. We just got back from the Orientation night for the Open High School here and it was brought home to us how much of a shock it will be if Hebe attends regular "big box" high after 9 years at Open Elementary School. There are no traditional chinese families at either, despite a huge populatin in Ann Arbor. And those strict academic-perfection-oriented families generally have children in one particular elementary school and one particular middle school. There was a conspicuous lack of studentd from those schools at the orientation tonight. Not all public school sare the same. Which is a good thing.

01-10-2011, 08:31 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I neglected to say that that list is what the kids may NOT do. The divide in the two styles of parenting is very obvious here in (hippie) Ann Arbor. We just got back from the Orientation night for the Open High School here and it was brought home to us how much of a shock it will be if Hebe attends regular "big box" high after 9 years at Open Elementary School. There are no traditional chinese families at either, despite a huge populatin in Ann Arbor. And those strict academic-perfection-oriented families generally have children in one particular elementary school and one particular middle school. There was a conspicuous lack of studentd from those schools at the orientation tonight. Not all public school sare the same. Which is a good thing. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart