Re: Charter schools should be your last option

Don

Posted on 10/18/09

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On 5/05/09, UT Teacher wrote:
> Charter Schools are becoming the rage out here (UT). I have 2 former
> students who say they are transferring to a charter school next year.
> These 2 are never on time and forget homework about once a week. Their
> parents are not involved in their education. Yet for some reason their
> parents think a charter school is for them? I don't get it.

My son goes to a charter school and loves it (and no i'm not basing
public schools-Ive never seen one up close here in Colorado). I can only
say they require 20 hrs a semester of parent involvement and luckily my
wife works as a nurse and i just retired from the military after 25
years. Wifey talked me into changing my degree program to elementary
education (in case you needed a good laugh). I like kids but think i can
handle 4-6th graders way more than kindergartners (my son). Any advice
would be greatly appreciated on becoming a teacher in colorado. I have
no illusions of granduer and am trying to keep a very wide mind open
lol. nuff said...me

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