Education

elleng

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32. 'Opted out' in 1988, when daughter old enough for pre-k.

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 09:26 AM

Oct 2012

Nothing to do with 'sex ed or something like that;' based on inability of DC public schools to provide decent education for my daughters.

As it turned out, parochial school girls attended from 4th grade had an ok 'sex-ed' program, and they provided option for parents to 'opt out' if they chose, after describing the curriculum. We did NOT opt out.

MY public high school, 40-something years prior, had a good sex ed program, a good drivers ed program, good music and sports programs, and 'shop' and 'home-ec,' few of which are, apparently, available nationwide these days in public schools.

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Former NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein Is Not Telling the Whole Truth About His Personal History [View all] xchrom Oct 2012 OP

Public housing 60 years ago was built for returning war veterans and their family.. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #1

E.g.; Swifton Village here in Cincinnati... liam_laddie Oct 2012 #2

Doing hair. Squinch Oct 2012 #3

Superb 12AngryBorneoWildmen Oct 2012 #4

So long as wealthy, sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #5

WOW! Where did THAT come from?? George II Oct 2012 #11

Read the article and sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #12

How far??? VERY far if you ask me..... George II Oct 2012 #13

You are a very rude sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #16

You are a teacher? George II Oct 2012 #17

Even more frightening sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #18

"Public housing projects" were created in 1933 during the Roosevelt Administration.... George II Oct 2012 #6

The point of the post is clearly that not all public housing was "the projects" starroute Oct 2012 #7

Public housing in NYC (I grew up in Brooklyn too - was born only 2 years after he was).... George II Oct 2012 #8

He grew up in Woodside Houses in Astoria, Queens starroute Oct 2012 #9

try reading the article HiPointDem Oct 2012 #20

I have read the article, more than once now......... George II Oct 2012 #33

you didn't read the article. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #35

Whatever.. George II Oct 2012 #38

not only does he lie by implying woodside houses = 'the projects,' he impugns his parents' memory HiPointDem Oct 2012 #41

People don't "lie" by "implying" - it's in the hands and minds of the listener or reader....... George II Oct 2012 #42

of course people lie by implying. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #43

Final word on this since I'm butting up against a brick wall........ George II Oct 2012 #44

oh baloney. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #45

Why? Because what is being said about him in the sweeping proclamations about him is....... George II Oct 2012 #46

weren't you going away? wasn't that your last post? take it up with the writer, who grew up HiPointDem Oct 2012 #47

All you say about those disqualifying factors and and "filters" had been abandoned by 1955...... George II Oct 2012 #48

take it up with the writer. you're the one with no material facts. you've posted nothing but HiPointDem Oct 2012 #49

I read the words the way they were written, not how I want them to be written, as you've done. George II Oct 2012 #50

the fact is that the public housing project klein lived in was neither a low-income 'project' nor HiPointDem Oct 2012 #19

And, as Klein grew up in New York City, elleng Oct 2012 #10

And what is the most important component of those excellent schools? GOOD teachers. George II Oct 2012 #14

Yes AND elleng Oct 2012 #15

impossible to keep politics out of education. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #23

Hence kept my kids out of public schools (in DC.) elleng Oct 2012 #26

impossible to keep politics out of *any* kind of education -- private, public, religious, etc. all HiPointDem Oct 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author HiPointDem Oct 2012 #22

*how* was it different? HiPointDem Oct 2012 #21

Well, as I was a kid at the time, elleng Oct 2012 #24

i'm not clear on what you mean by politics, as in 'how to,' testing, etc. could you give an HiPointDem Oct 2012 #25

Doubt it; used to be up to 'professional' educators, imo. elleng Oct 2012 #27

if you could give me an example of what you mean. there's always been an intersection of HiPointDem Oct 2012 #28

Not my impression, elleng Oct 2012 #30

so your decision to opt out of public schools was actually decades ago, maybe circa 1970s or 80s? HiPointDem Oct 2012 #31

'Opted out' in 1988, when daughter old enough for pre-k. elleng Oct 2012 #32

just unclear on what you mean by politics. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #36

Parochial schools? George II Oct 2012 #34

Holy Trinity school in DC, elleng Oct 2012 #37

Interesting. I won't dispute it but... George II Oct 2012 #39

Those were part of deciding whether or not to opt out of sex-ed. elleng Oct 2012 #40