I'm still blown away about your leaf story. Before I moved to GA, I lived in Jacksonville, FL. Talk about a scary educational environment. I have several teacher friends who got out or would only work at certain schools. Inner city schools are scary places. Most of my friends put their kids in private school for the first couple years of middle school or privately tutored them. The real ironic part is that Jacksonville has two highschools on the nation's top 10 list. Those highschools are really hard to get into and I think do a great job but the rest of the school system is awful.
When I was doing my historical tour stint. I would take around middle schoolers. One of the people we talk about on the tour is Stephen Crane. Not one kid knew who Stephen Crane was! So I would follow up with: "You know, The Red Badge of Courage." Nothing. I got nothing. Maybe I just had a good education but that was something you read in 6th or 7th grade where I'm from. I mean we were reading The Odyssey in 6th grade. I can't comprehend them not knowing who Stephen Crane was.
Homeschoolers were great fun! I loved taking them around. The kids and the Moms (yes it was always Moms!) were so much fun. They really got it and loved the whole thing. LOL - no long denim skirts. Just nice people.
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When I was doing my historical tour stint. I would take around middle schoolers. One of the people we talk about on the tour is Stephen Crane. Not one kid knew who Stephen Crane was! So I would follow up with: "You know, The Red Badge of Courage." Nothing. I got nothing. Maybe I just had a good education but that was something you read in 6th or 7th grade where I'm from. I mean we were reading The Odyssey in 6th grade. I can't comprehend them not knowing who Stephen Crane was.
Homeschoolers were great fun! I loved taking them around. The kids and the Moms (yes it was always Moms!) were so much fun. They really got it and loved the whole thing. LOL - no long denim skirts. Just nice people.