The Ten-Year-Old is going to Stanley Middle School next year. The welcome letter reads rather oddly:
Welcome to the Stanley Community! We will soon begin programming fifth graders for their 2004-2005 sixth grade year at Stanley Middle School...
Personally, I've never figured out how to program the Ten Year Old to do anything reliably...
The high point of the orientation meeting was P.E. teacher Tina Woodward: "We will make your children fit, strong, and buff!"
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Posted by: tbelcher on April 7, 2004 09:28 PMHmmm. Sounds a bit 1984ish to me. I hope I wasn't "programmed" back in 6th grade.
Posted by: Justin on April 7, 2004 10:43 PMThese people are teaching “the ten year old” to speak the English (albeit Americanized) language?
Keep this up and We will revoke your independence!
Oh, no, Brad! You very occasionally make mild jokes about your kid's school! Curse your poor parenting skills! Off with your head!
Posted by: Paul on April 8, 2004 05:26 AMAm I the only one who reads those words and my first thought is something that's not sinister? :D
I assume this just means that they will be setting up the students schedules. Middle school is usually the first opportunity for US students to go to different classrooms for different classes and in different groups on a regular basis.
Elementary school is generally a one-room one-teacher excercise except for PE, Art, Music, where the students still are lead to the other learning environment as a group.
Posted by: J.Goodwin on April 8, 2004 06:37 AMHey, such gaffes are commonplace in schools.
Just the other day, the annoncement for our activity busses ran this way.
"It is now 4:10. Students with late bus passes should gather at the main entrance and get loaded at this time."
Posted by: Davis X. Machina on April 8, 2004 06:44 AMA P.E. class that actually has something to do with fitness? Never heard of such a thing.
Posted by: C.J.Colucci on April 8, 2004 10:06 AMcould make all kinds of terrible c-64 jokes, won't.
Posted by: a lesser mongbat on April 8, 2004 11:52 AMYou better shape up- it sounds like your kids are going to muscle-bound by graduation.
Posted by: Preston on April 8, 2004 12:07 PMGovernor Schwartznegger's California, right?
Posted by: David Lloyd-Jones on April 8, 2004 12:59 PMWhy, exactly, was my comment deleted?
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