> >>>>>10. Does the same joke about buying > >>>>>cheap shoes from overseas every > >>>>>night (RH)
> >>>>>9. Fired Bob Borden (iPhoneZ)
> >>>>8. Sends coded messages to Jess > >>>>Band-ee-coot with his eyeblinks (RH)
> >>>7. Enters the Pie Contest every year > >>>(HPR)
> >6. Posts entries in mock AFL Top Ten Lista under an alias
> 5. Bob "B.B." Bobberson stories are actually thinly disguised anecdotes from the > life of Robert Cohen
> ....r
> -- > A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. > An optometrist asks whether you see the glass > more full like this?...or like this?- Hide quoted text -
On Oct 28, 12:08 am, "J.P." <janiebana...@wowway.com> wrote:
> Yep, there are lots of different ways to say it here in Michigan- most > common mispronunciation I hear is 'kinneygarden'. And as for deciding when > kids are allowed to start Kindergarten, it all depends on your school > district and their rules- some even let parents decide on what's best for > their kids. I know lots of parents who purposely keep their little ones > back a year so that their kid has a leg up on all the other younger kids. > My sister was born 11/1 and started at age 4 and says she always felt like > she was littler and slower than other kids. I guess the reverse could be > true if you were held back and started when you were almost 6- you might > feel like you were bigger than the other kids. Guess you can't win either > way.
> Janice
Clearly people should just stop having kids in the autumn and this problem would go away.
> On Oct 28, 12:08 am, "J.P." <janiebana...@wowway.com> wrote:
> > Yep, there are lots of different ways to say it here in Michigan- most > > common mispronunciation I hear is 'kinneygarden'. And as for deciding when > > kids are allowed to start Kindergarten, it all depends on your school > > district and their rules- some even let parents decide on what's best for > > their kids. I know lots of parents who purposely keep their little ones > > back a year so that their kid has a leg up on all the other younger kids. > > My sister was born 11/1 and started at age 4 and says she always felt like > > she was littler and slower than other kids. I guess the reverse could be > > true if you were held back and started when you were almost 6- you might > > feel like you were bigger than the other kids. Guess you can't win either > > way.
> > Janice
> Clearly people should just stop having kids in the autumn and > this problem would go away.
Too late. I was an autumn baby and always had problems with math.
J.P. wrote: > Yep, there are lots of different ways to say it here in Michigan- > most common mispronunciation I hear is 'kinneygarden'. And as for > deciding when kids are allowed to start Kindergarten, it all depends > on your school district and their rules- some even let parents decide > on what's best for their kids. I know lots of parents who purposely > keep their little ones back a year so that their kid has a leg up on > all the other younger kids.
I had a friend who did that with his oldest son. He felt the boy (kind of a quiet and shy type) wasn't ready, so kept him back one year.
That friend had been skipped forward a few grades when he was a kid. He didn't talk about it much, but I get the impression that it didn't go so well. Even though smart, he was sort of a punk in high school, minor run-ins with the cops, that sort of thing.
Brian
-- Day 273 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project
> I had a friend who did that with his oldest son. He felt the boy (kind > of a quiet and shy type) wasn't ready, so kept him back one year.
My son David started kindergarten, then went to pre (not quite ready for first grade) first. As far as my parenting goes, that is the only thing I am certain I did right .
> > I had a friend who did that with his oldest son. He felt the boy (kind > > of a quiet and shy type) wasn't ready, so kept him back one year.
> My son David started kindergarten, then went to pre (not quite ready > for first grade) first. As far as my parenting goes, that is the only > thing I am certain I did right .
I'm sure you're underestimating your parenting skills. You fed him, right? That counts, too. I have a feeling you were a very good Mommy.
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