I am so happy that my kids are going to a christian private school because despite the WA recommendation to close schools, they will remain open this fall.. and have kids learn in-school. (Imagine kindergarteners expected to be online all day - what a crock of sh*t)
Anyway... now the karens around me, obviously jealous, started telling me bs like.... "well, i dont know if we can still come over to your house or something because masks only protect you from me... but nothing is protecting me, especially if the kids are in school "
Oh my gosh... im so sick of this scam. Thank you for letting me vent.
Congrats on sending your children to school, especially a good school
Thank you. My kids are on a scholarship. We cant afford them otherwise. They both are expected to excel in school...always do their best in everything. 🙂
That's the American way. Be best. Wish your family all the best
Kindergartners on scholarship?
Well technically i think its my middle schooler who is carrying the weight. My son is gifted and he does really well. (Not that im bragging but I really worked on my kids since they were young. He has a deeper appreciation of school and work because of this covid thing. He cant wait to go back to school.)
We got a 50% scholarship so technically one of them is free.
I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.
You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.
The cynic in me wants to say that scholarships provided by private schools are a fancy synonym for "customer discount". Discounts are really about sales and customer retention. The obvious question should be, what is the average tuition that parents are actually paying? How many families are paying the advertised price?
I have no question you have bright children, but there's no doubt also that schools would make more money by marking up their tuition by 200% and then giving everyone a 50% discount, telling parents it's because their children are gifted. In truth, most children who are being put in expensive private schools are above average. Most parents who care about their kids education and earn enough money to afford it likely have above average intelligence, and intelligence is heritable.