AngieC
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That's good information Angie.
What (if you recall) type of IQ test did they use? It was on the districts dime right? No out of pocket for you?
Did things have to work in a particular order? IQ then district reading and math testing?
Was there a big time gap between the IQ and school reading and math? I'm just wondering how you scheduled that if you remember.
The IQ testing was done on the district's dime, but not because of our situation. A neighboring district has a gifted charter school that our kids can attend. I applied there for my dd and she had to do the testing before she could enter the lottery (she qualified but ended up not getting a slot). At the time they did the reading/math testing, they went ahead and did the rest of the testing for the gifted program. She was originally given the WPPSI IQ test and Weschler achievement test when applying for the gifted charter. Our school district also gave her the Naglieri non-verbal abilities test and K-BIT screener to qualify her for our district's gifted program (however, we had already been accepted into the school prior to this testing taking place, so it did not factor into the decision).
The first round of IQ testing was done in January, because that was when the district scheduled it when applied for the charter. We did not contact our district about our situation until March, so the reading and math testing occurred mid-April, after state testing was completed at the school.
As for the order, I would say that being able to approach my school district with IQ results was a huge help. I'm not sure that I would have ever been able to make my case had I not had those. I had also done a lot of research on my school district's website and came across a PowerPoint presentation by the Director of Gifted Education for the district that talked about early entry and acceleration being positive things for gifted kids and also recognizing the educators in general are opposed to acceleration. In fact, this quote is on the last page of the presentation:
Acceleration is one of the most curious phenomena in the field of education. I can think of no other issue in which there is such a gulf between what research has revealed and what most practitioners believe. The research on acceleration is so uniformly positive, the benefits of appropriate acceleration so unequivocal, that it is diffuicult to see how an educator could oppose it. James H. Borland, Teachers College, Columbia University.
So...based on the information that I found, I contacted someone at the district level and she actually told me that she would contact the princiapl of our elementary school for me before I contacted her. Really, I think I got lucky in that we seem to be in a pretty open-minded school district and I just got lucky in general as everyone I talked to said I was the first person they had ever heard of that managed to get my child placed ahead without having to go to a private school first.
Sorry for the book!
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We afterschool our kids a year ahead and my youngest entering K isn't even 5 yet. However, we won't be accelerating them grade-wise later. I think in terms of maturity there are exactly where they should be. They like feeling "smart" at school and my 1st grader is helping out all the kids sitting at his desk. So, what I am trying to say is that there is a benefit being a bit ahead yet staying with your own age group. They love going to school and don't seem to be bored at all. So, I would just see how it goes and if you don't find any problems, let her be with her age peers.
But if your child is 4 and entering K then I am assuming he or she is young for grade. Missing the cut-off by 6 days, SKL's daughter would be old for grade - had she been born a week earlier, she would be a grade up.
My 2nd grade dd should only be a 1st grader this year - she missed the cut off by 2.5 weeks and should have been old for grade. We got her in early by homeschooling her for her kindergarten year (which according to the school system should have been her pre-k year) and presenting our case to the principal of our local school. We had IQ testing and the school did reading and math testing and she was accepted into 1st grade when she should have been a kindergartner.
I also considered going the private school route - getting her into a private K early and then the school district would have taken her directly into first. (That works in my district, but some districts have a cut-off for K and 1st, so you would have to do 2 years at a private school.)
Good luck with this! I really struggled with what to do because I knew putting my daughter into kindergarten 2 days before she turned 6 (we have an 8/1 cut-off) was a bad move for her, but the school systems don't make it easy to get them in early (as well they shouldn't, but there clearly are some kids who should be accepted early).
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Gustav Klimt?
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Yes to run library books to the drop box, to return a movie to Redbox or to grab a missing item in the house. I have not and would never go into a store or building (including to pay for gas) other than my own house with my kids still in the car.
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I would have no problem taking my kids to the park in that scenario.
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It is one of my all time favorite shows. I loved the dialogue and the mother/daughter relationships. I didn't like it when Rory slept with Dean, but that didn't stop me from continuing to watch the show.
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Although sometimes a grade skip can make kids really young for grade, it did not in my dd's case. She ended up being 19 days younger than the next youngest child in her class and 13.5 months younger than the oldest (who was red-shirted with a July birthday).
Given how close your dd is to the cut off anyway I think you should continue discussions about it with the school.
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I homeschooled my dd for K and then the school put her directly into first grade. She missed the cut off by less than a month and it was the correct move for my dd. I had IQ testing that had been done for entry into a gifted school (for which she qualified, but did not get a lottery slot) and I feel that definitely made a difference in the reception we received regarding the skip. The school also gave my dd a reading test, writing test (she just had to write a couple of sentences) and an above level math test (I think it was an end of first grade test).
Even with the skip, I felt like first grade was very easy for my dd and I can't imagine how the year would have gone had she been a 6 year old kindergartener. (And technically, it wasn't a skip - the district recognized my homeschool as her kindergarten year.)
Good luck with you decision!
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I would be annoyed by the movie rating, but not anything else. My dd's gym offers day camps, but they watch movies, play games and have open gym time, but there is no actual gymnastics instruction. I think that's the way it goes with most places that offer day camps; I get the impression they are more for the parents to get time away from the kids than anything else.
In my experience $125/week is what you would pay for a day camp, rather than more of a skills camp--for us, a week of day camp a the gym is $140 vs. $350 for actual gymnastics camps, which are nothing like day camp.)
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I just started reading them to my kids a month or so ago. We're reading book 3 right now and have finished books and movies 1 & 2. We are all loving them!
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With my first pregnancy (when I actually had a clot during the pregnancy from a 16 hour car ride), my OB had me sleep with cuffs on my legs (they had three sections that inflated one after the other) after the delivery to reduce the risk of any clotting those first few days. I was then put on Coumadin and closely monitored until the dose was stable.
It sounds like maybe your friend needs to consult with another OB/perinatologist for a second opinion.
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I had a DVT during my first pregnancy. At the time, I was put on Lovenox and was supposed to switch to Heparin a week prior to my estimated due date because the half life is shorter and they were comfortable that it would be out of my system (or at the levels low enough that it would be safe) by actual delivery. As it turned out, I did not make it to the switch to Heparin before I gave birth and they had to give me an IV bag full of meds to reverse the effects of the Lovenox.
For my second pregnancy, I started Lovenox as soon as I found out I was expecting and again switched to Heparin as I was closer to delivery. I never had a scheduled induction (although I went 6 days over due with my second and they were pushing for one, it was not related to blood thinners). I'm not sure why your friend needs an induction, but maybe there are other factors at play.
One side note is that if your friend is interested in an epidural, her blood levels have to be low enough before they will administer one (this won't matter if she's induced because they will have it planned, but if she just happens to take an injection and then goes into labor, it could matter).
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So did she ever give a grade level or what was the outcome?
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My dd was 5 years old when she started Primarily Logic. She couldn't do all of the exercises in the book at the time, but she could do most. Now, at 6.5, she could do anything in the book. Yes, the age ranges are off, IMO.
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Yes and no.
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You could also see this as a control issue for some. Are people getting offended because their time/ their desires/ THEIR plans are "off" because of someone else's "perceived" tardiness?
How is it a "perceived" tardiness if you are supposed to meet someone at 1:00pm and you show up at 1:30pm? That to me seems like it's just plain old tardiness and is rude to the person who stood around waiting for you for a half an hour. If this isn't what you are talking about, how can someone be perceived as being late when they really aren't? If you schedule a time and you don't show then, you're late in my book.
I would certainly never pay for any sort of lessons given by a teacher who was habitually late. Nor would I use any kind of professional service where the provider was always late if I had an option for another provider of similar quality who was usually on time.
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I feed any kid that is at my house, but I also know that mine get fed when they are at the neighbors houses. Usually I hand out Goldfish, pretzels or something along those lines and water. However, I would probably feel differently if I were the only one doing the feeding.
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If you'd loaned her the $$ it would be one thing, but for helping her move? It sounds like you all did this as a favor & then *she* insisted that you be paid. That alone would make me drop it, but then another question--is it possible that the total bill seemed too high to her? Unless she's priced movers lately, she could easily have expected to pay you $50-$200, & be too embarrassed/angry to talk to you about the bill.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Maybe you could ask that she at least cover half?
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You could ask the pool if you could combine the 8 & 10 year olds so you have only two practices to attend. Some teams will allow this, others will not. We always had siblings hanging around our pool, so most kids never seemed to have a problem waiting for a sibling to do their practice. Bring plenty of snacks, water and games/toys and you should be be okay if you have to wait.
Lastly, you might want to consider not attending all 5 days of practice. My daughter attended all 5 practices of our team for the last two years (at almost 5 and almost 6) and by the end of the summer she was really burnt out. This year we will be attending a max of 4 practices and possibly only 3 (with an almost 7 year old and almost 5 year old).
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If I saw someone wearing that shirt, I would assume it meant fast runner/athlete. I would not think there was any hidden double meaning. People can find hidden meanings in lots of things if they really try, so I would do what made me comfortable and not worry about anyone else.
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Yes they will. If you do not respond by mail, they will send a person to your home. That person will sit down with you, read the questions to you and record your verbal answers for you. The Census does not assume everyone is literate and so they send a person out to help with literacy obstacles to completing the Census.
Even if you state that you can read... once they are out there at your door, they WILL walk through every single question, and they WILL require an answer from you. That is their mandate. If you refuse to comply, or you make threats, or are otherwise openly hostile, they can request law enforcement assistance and will return with said law enforcement in tow, if necessary.
I really don't think that it's worth all the trouble it could bring to be obstinate about it. Obviously, YMMV, but before you throw down your gauntlet on this, I would suggest you take a deep breath and ask yourself if it is worth the trouble and expense it could potentially bring.
This was not my experience with the American Community Survey AT ALL. I firmly told the person on the phone I was not doing it (and let them know that I was well aware that no one had ever been fined for not completing it) and I have not been contacted since. I'm not sure how someone can FORCE you to comply and I'm not sure what law enforcement could do. They can't send me to jail as they're not allowed to do that.
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I declined to fill out the ACS, too. I got a phone call and once again declined. The worker told me that I could be fined and once I let her know that I knew that no one had ever actually been fined, that was the end of the conversation.
I wonder if it's easier to let those who don't want to give the information off the hook than it is to prosecute them and then be under all of the public scrutiny that surely will follow.
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A friend lent me the cd of the music a month before I saw the show and by the time the show rolled around, I was singing along with all of the songs (in my head!) during the show. For me, it made me enjoy the play that much more. (And I had a very general idea of what the play was about from the music, but I definitely didn't know all of the details.)
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I would give either a book or a toy unless it is someone you are close to and know their reason for only wanting cash/clothes (as in, if they can't afford to buy their own clothes then yes, I would honor the request). Otherwise, I think it's horribly rude for someone to tell a guest what sort of gift to buy, unless the guest specifically ask (and then, of course, the guest is not actually obligated to buy a gift that was suggested).
Rewarding extreme effort? Or is it bribery? :)
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Yep, I've done rewards before. I wouldn't do it frequently because I do expect my kids to do what I ask without bribery (within reason), but bribery definitely lessens the number of arguments and gets things done quicker.