I appologize in advance for bad spelling, poor grammer, incomplete sentances... and RANTING.... I'm frustrated!
I have spent the morning calling schools! I'm sure you all have similar days! I needed a place to come vent where people would understand....
....no one else in the world of education seems to!
I've finally just started making it my FIRST question when I call... "Do you allow advanced placement?"
No more beating around the bush for me!
It stops there though... I get so many "I'll have to call you back"'s and "I don't really know" and "Well, I would reccomend" (no one asked for a reccomendation by the way!!!)
AUUUUGHHHH...
My little girl just wants to go to school! It's freakin' pre-school for crying out loud! Is it that big of a deal?
She loves to learn, she wants some friends, she needs some time to explore her world without mom and to get some songs, games, academic fun (she LOVES academic stuff)....
THis should not be so hard!
UH!
I know, I know, you are all just nodding your head thinkin' "been there, done that."
I'm a newbie at this but I hope you would all be proud. Even without any official results from the develpmental specialist (she was out on jury duty) or anything formal in my hand I still feel like I stood up for my girl well!
I told them flat out that she desires the stimulation but I don't want to send her somewhere where she'll be put in with "babies" and be bored!!!
Grrr....
She has learned a lot at home but since she is not only academically gifted, but also very mature socially and emotionally she is really desiring that time with other kids, group activities, planting seeds, hearing stories with her friends, having a set designated time to work on letters and numbers.
I can only give her so much of that. We only have 2 kids so far so she doesn't find that much stimulation in her 9 month old brother... and because he requires attention too and almost never naps I don't have much time to devote to just doing her "early learning books" and stuff... she loves that and I just feel I don't have enough time, energy, whatever to stimulate her as much as she wants.
Pre-school would be such a blast for her and all I hear about is "policy" and "I don't know" and "I'm not sure" and "We ONLY go by their age"
Oh that's my favorite!!! "We only go by their age" or "We JUST go by their birthdate"
Oh! That's right! I forgot! Every child who is 2 years, 8 months and 2 weeks old is EXACTLY THE SAME!!!!
Silly me!
