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Being a good parent is hard work and takes dedication. Buying an overpriced house in a good school district and letting the teachers take care of the kids is easier. Long Islanders with their endless open check budget passes have been brainwashed into thinking good schools are the answer to everything.
what’s funny is that parents are so motivated to have “successful” kids, they have forgotten that raising your kid to care about people, have a sense of humor, a good attitude and great work ethic costs nothing.
These well-adjusted kids will have a much happier life than the over achieving, over ambitious alpha-dogs caught in the rat race of keeping up with the Jones’.
Being a good parent is hard work and takes dedication. Buying an overpriced house in a good school district and letting the teachers take care of the kids is easier. Long Islanders with their endless open check budget passes have been brainwashed into thinking good schools are the answer to everything.
what’s funny is that parents are so motivated to have “successful” kids, they have forgotten that raising your kid to care about people, have a sense of humor, a good attitude and great work ethic costs nothing.
These well-adjusted kids will have a much happier life than the over achieving, over ambitious alpha-dogs caught in the rat race of keeping up with the Jones’.
You make excellent points... I agree with you, but I can also speak as a parent... I would prefer that my kids attend the best schools (who wouldn't??) but the teaching begins at home
Being a good parent is hard work and takes dedication. Buying an overpriced house in a good school district and letting the teachers take care of the kids is easier. Long Islanders with their endless open check budget passes have been brainwashed into thinking good schools are the answer to everything.
what’s funny is that parents are so motivated to have “successful” kids, they have forgotten that raising your kid to care about people, have a sense of humor, a good attitude and great work ethic costs nothing.
These well-adjusted kids will have a much happier life than the over achieving, over ambitious alpha-dogs caught in the rat race of keeping up with the Jones’.
Ah, I get it. You are using the 4 people you know who have kids to rationalize your sweeping generalization about LI.
[COLOR=blueI would prefer that my kids attend the best schools [/color]
School is overrated. Smart kids will do good in bad schools, they learn on their own. Dumb kids will do bad in any school. I suppose it helps to have a smart kid in a good school, but the school itself is probably secondary when it comes to a child's performance. A smart kid who attends a terrible school yet reads on his/her own outside of school will be better educated then a dumb kid who attends the best school in the country and spends his/her time playing video games and texting outside of school.
School is overrated. Smart kids will do good in bad schools, they learn on their own. Dumb kids will do bad in any school. I suppose it helps to have a smart kid in a good school, but the school itself is probably secondary when it comes to a child's performance. A smart kid who attends a terrible school yet reads on his/her own outside of school will be better educated then a dumb kid who attends the best school in the country and spends his/her time playing video games and texting outside of school.
+1 Brilliant observation. Has anyone told this to the teachers union? the school board? or those dumb voters who pass budgets without contemplating the effects of such actions?
"Why are our schools failing?", the mantra of talking heads like Lou Dobbs.
The schools aren't failing, parents and kids are failing. We can throw more and more money at schools, the bottom line is if your focus as a society is on Football and video games, you will get your butt whipped by a society where they focus on education. So, to that point, what the earlier poster said is true, even most of the "bad" districts on LI have the teachers and programs to provide a good education to a kid who wants to learn and is motivated by their parents. Even a godforsaken hole in the ground like Bellport sends kids to Ivy League schools.
Being a good parent is hard work and takes dedication. Buying an overpriced house in a good school district and letting the teachers take care of the kids is easier. Long Islanders with their endless open check budget passes have been brainwashed into thinking good schools are the answer to everything.
what’s funny is that parents are so motivated to have “successful” kids, they have forgotten that raising your kid to care about people, have a sense of humor, a good attitude and great work ethic costs nothing.
These well-adjusted kids will have a much happier life than the over achieving, over ambitious alpha-dogs caught in the rat race of keeping up with the Jones’.
School is overrated. Smart kids will do good in bad schools, they learn on their own. Dumb kids will do bad in any school. I suppose it helps to have a smart kid in a good school, but the school itself is probably secondary when it comes to a child's performance. A smart kid who attends a terrible school yet reads on his/her own outside of school will be better educated then a dumb kid who attends the best school in the country and spends his/her time playing video games and texting outside of school.
Bravo! What always makes me laugh is when people are horrified if you live in the wrong district. It's all up to the parents and the kid. If your child is gifted, he/she will find an outlet to express this gift.
In the age of "every kid is special", its kind of sad that we have fogotten how rare true brilliance really is.
I have always wondered about the city school and the way that they enroll their students, at least in high schools. Around here you go to the high school that you are zoned for. In Brooklyn and Queens and NYC you apply for the schools you want and can end up at a school in Queens even if you live in Brooklyn.
I understand that if you live near a school that is crappy you would apply to one that is not although it may be a hike. But being able to do that does not help thoses failing school. I think in turn they end up being populated by a student body of mostly slackers and the few that are bright and do care end up being over-shadowed by the rest of them.
That just seems odd to me. I don't get it.
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