Just was watching Tonight show with Jay Leno and they had this clip, "Jaywalking" where Jay goes out near a public place and ask questions to people. This time he was looking for High School students and asking them about geography questions. Amazing how these Teenagers don't know the continent that Iraq is in, Or what language Great Britain speaks, Or what does the Panama canal connect. Are some kids growing up not getting a Geography class? Same thing when we watch, Smarter than a 5th grader. I admit I haven't known the answer to some questions from the show, but when I see some dumb people on the show it makes me wonder if education is getting worse in our country. No wonder Carie keeps telling me how scary the kids are educated around here. She tutors twice a week at a private institution and is amazed at how little some kids know.
Lindsey is so funny, she likes to sing and dance a lot of the time now. Twinkle, Twinkle little star is her favorite to sing. I will try to get it on video soon. Tanner is having his surgery to remove his tougue tied lip this week. He has not been getting good sleep though because Lindsey has been keeping him up and it is affecting his behavior, especially at school. But he did a great job on Friday and got to play with a friend and go to the Park.
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I know I might get some flak for this but government schools have shown to only get worse and worse.
Private schools are not only much better quality which much higher test scores but did you know that they are cheaper per student as well?
There are of course many reasons for this but the biggest one is government schools lack the incentives that private schools have to be more efficient and increase quality. Private schools must be efficient and constantly improve to earn more customers while government schools have no such incentives.
Why this country is so addicted to a less inefficient, more expensive, and lower quality government schools versus private ones I will never understand...
I totally agree with Kevin and you too Jeff! I am scared to have Madeleine attend public schools and wish they would offer the option to attend private schools instead. By the way Jeff, love your blog!
Your old friend Kara from Briscoe Road
Kara! What is your blog site? Tanya Thomas (Hayes) says yours is the best.
Hey! I'm a little behind the times! Mine is opp-family.blogspot
I love keeping up with what is going on with your family - isn't blogging the best!
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