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tim commented on the article |Anne, You have really got me thinking. What's going through my mind is, why should I wait till little Jack is ready for first grade to start helping out at the public school? I should get going way ahead of time, the better to help other kids. Also, by the time he got there, we would already have the ball rolling. I love kids and teaching, so what is stopping me from pitching in now?? Thanks again for the inspiration. Pls stay tuned for more on this!
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tim commented on the article |
Anne,
Your comments are truly inspirational. You are right, every little contribution from committed and caring parents has got to add up. Something else I could do would be to guest lecture the students. I myself love teaching and could come up with some incredible classes for the kids, in Engl and Spanish, focusing on stuff like reforestation, ecology, law, etc., of course geared to the appropriate age group. In my experience, the smaller countryside schools are usually open to this sort of ad hoc involvement, since they tend to operate on a shoestring, and are often hence delighted to get any help at all . . . -
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Anne, thanks for the reply. I can honestly say it never occurred to me to get involved in the local school system here in Costa Rica. But your suggestion makes a ton of sense. Especially in rural areas like where we live, because the impact of our involvement could be enormous. When they don't have much to begin with, I would imagine that every donated computer counts big-time . . . .
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tim commented on the article |
I am facing the challenge of raising and schooling my one year old son in Costa Rica. My wife, Rosario, and I, would like to send him to the local public school when it's time for first grade, for all of the reasons you cited as advantages, except one: the "top notch academics." They may be available in many US public schools, but not here in the boonies of Costa Rica. Still, we believe that the other intrinsic advantages of public schooling are so strong that on balance they outweight the advantages of the better academics at the private schools, at least through grammar school. We want our son to be exposed to, and comfortable with, folks from all walks of life. We also want him to feel humble, and blessed by all his good fortune. And the public system is best for that. As for his academics, guess who is going to have to do a lot of extra home schooling/tutoring? That's right, Mom and Dad. Time to bone up on Google Earth (geography), and what they used to call when I was a kid, New Math . . . oh oh, how do you divide fractions without a calculator again . . .?!
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