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Old 01-08-2012, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
I think you have had a completely different school experience than I am used to.

I served on the curriculum committee of our school system for years as a grandparent and communicated with the teachers that my grandchildren had. They were so great. Our grandson says that his first year of college is way easier than his high school.

Plus, the reason that the good Lord gave us all a mouth was to repeat and repeat again and again the things we believe to our children...but it isn't what we tell them. It is what we ARE that they will become.
I was talking specifically about curriculum. I think we're talking about two different things here.
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