Originally Posted by EastnWest
Has anyone had their dc in programs/enrichment etc. over the summer to meet their educ. needs that don't get met over the school year?

What happens when they return to school in the fall? Does it seem worse than if they hadn't done it?

Thanks

We've been doing it off and on since 3rd grade. He comes home feeling like less of an alien. I try to balance whatever is going on during the school year - some year he's had tons of academic challenge, some years not so much.

Last summer was CTY camp, and he L.O.V.E.D it. There is a bittersweet edge, but as Shakespeare said:

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

BTW - have you seen this?
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs#I

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