Tuesday, I had to go to the post office to mail three applications for magnet schools that Lisvey thinks she might be interested in. I say might because she changes her mind quite regularly. At fourteen I don't think she has made her mind up about anything. She is going to a competitive middle school where kids come from all over Miami Dade County to study Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese.
Blackhawk Jr. High was a good school I guess and I think Fenton High School was a good school as well. Looking back at this I guess my parents lived in a place where the schools had a decent reputation and a tax base to support them.
My entire adult life has been spent in the South. Private schools and now charter schools have certainly changed the nature of a free public education and getting a good education is strangely a little more complicated than needs be. Folks used to complain about busing the little children. I wish it was that simple these days.
Blackhawk Jr. High was a good school I guess and I think Fenton High School was a good school as well. Looking back at this I guess my parents lived in a place where the schools had a decent reputation and a tax base to support them.
My entire adult life has been spent in the South. Private schools and now charter schools have certainly changed the nature of a free public education and getting a good education is strangely a little more complicated than needs be. Folks used to complain about busing the little children. I wish it was that simple these days.
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