Re: OT - The News Thread
Changing things up here...and this isn't exactly big news but still;
So we've had discussions about teaching and the state of our education system, and in those discussions I've mentioned how great my son and daughters' school is right?
Tonight he graduated.
There were 67 gr.8's in total, 10 of them in the gifted program. 19 of 67 kids graduated with honours.
That's basically an entire third of the graduates. And it's not like all the giftees got honours...that's an impressive number.
A great school, with a good principle and incredible teachers, can circumvent a bad system.
(oh yeah... my boy made the honour roll, as well as receiving an Athletic Excellence Award.)
I'm a proud dad, sue me.