Fairfax County schools have improved greatly even since I was in school (graduated from Edison High in Alexandria in 1983), partly because of the massive increase in the income in the area, they've also opened up to private and industrial funding.
Jefferson Technology High School is the top technology specialty high school in the country it gets public and private funding. It an incredible improvement over how things used to be. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Holy crap! > > I never thought I would see "Fairfax VA" and "best schools" in the same > sentence. > > I moved to Virginia for 3rd and 4th grade, in 1974 and 1975, and did not > learn a single new thing in those 2 years. Literally nothing at school. > > They were not yet learning the subjects I had learned in 1st and 2nd grade. > > When I moved back to CT for 5th grade, I had missed 2 complete years of > schooling. And it catches me out to this day, the gaps are constant and > surprising. (weights and measures, parts of speech, cursive writing, > fractions were just some of the things I missed) > > Oh, Burke Virginia, I curse you! > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Scott Stewart > <webmas...@sstwebworks.com>wrote: > >> >> Scott, >> >> My wife and I have thrown around the idea of homeschooling, we >> probably won't only because given our current situation both of us >> *have* to work, secondly we're moving back to Northern Va, and the >> schools in Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William counties are some of >> the best in the nation and FAR better than the schools in Wake County, >> NC. >> >> How do you address subject matter that you're not good in ie: I >> sucked at Algebra and Geometry, how in the world would I teach it to >> my daughter? >> >> On another issue, I think, alot of people's exposure to homeschooling >> have been the "crazies", those that don't want their kids exposed to >> certain racial elements (that was my introduction, through my >> ex-wife's sister, her exact quote was "I don't want my boy around all >> those n*****s") or want to ram a specific religious doctrine down >> their kid's gullet. While sensible people like you and Maureen don't >> get the attention that you probably deserve.. >> >> So you'll have to expect a certain amount of adverse reaction, but I >> do think that the adverse reactions here have been pretty extreme. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I am not sure how we have not come across this yet. >> > >> > Thanx Maureen! >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Scott, >> >> >> >> Are you aware of this site: http://www.secularhomeschool.com/ >> >> >> >> M >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> ...is finding quality, secular curriculum. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316087 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
