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05.23.08, 20:32 PM Preschool/Kids
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Btw NEST and a private? Besides the money, are they comparable?Why? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Preschool/Kids 05.23.08, 08:32 PM Flag
 

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what private? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:34 PM Flag
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Let's do 2nd tier [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:42 PM Flag
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Honestly, private offers more than public in general. They have more resources and more teachers per child. They are also more concerned with educating the whole child, with less pressure on school test results. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:46 PM Flag
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pls give examples of how they eduacate the whole child [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:50 PM Flag
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From what I can see, DFs have children at wonderful publics and we are at private. The different areas that are addressed in private schools are care for the environment, courtesy towards others, individualized learning plans, geography, cultural lessons and more attention because of smaller class size. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:55 PM Flag
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we have all of that at our public. why do you think just because you have it, no publics do? you are misinfoormed, regardless of your df's experience. most publics certainly address commuinty and courtesy, cultural lessons care for the environment (earth day etc). you have no idea what you are talking about. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:19 AM Flag
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oh, and you are right about class size, but we have 2 teachers, and frankly I worry about the smallness of the program in a couple of years. I can see tiring of the same few kids and families. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:20 AM Flag
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np--Your public school has individualized learning plans? Teachers sit down and talk about the incoming students with their current teachers? The principal knows every child in the school? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:34 AM Flag
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principal knows my K dc. teacher has added various challenges to help my gifted dc stay engaged. not sure how transfer to 1st will happen as we are only in K [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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My dd is in public and none of that exists. There is no culture of kindness and manners, they're not taught to conduct themselves or communicate the way df's in private are taught. There is no individual instruction or personal development. The education doesn't have the same depth and there's little personal expression. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:35 AM Flag
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wow, you must be at a shitty public, or else you have a bad case of the grass always being greener on the other side. hopefully for your dc it is the latter. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 07:08 PM Flag
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We're in public and we have all of that minus the individualized learning plans. But my dd comes home and regularly lectures me on our environment, other cultures and the "character trait" of the month. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 07:10 PM Flag
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this is the most ridiculous example of drinking the private school koolaid I can think of here. sounds like a sound bite from a cheesy commercial. remember hearing it at the cathedral open house. they have tons of religious services for everything and anything and call it educating the whole dc. guess they mean propaganda for the soul. dalton maybe gives a good education in couture for adolescents. hmmmm... the whole child indeed! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:16 AM Flag
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NEST is great on many fronts in comparison to other public schools. But there is 1 teacher in a class with 25 K kids - you would never see that in a private school - 16 to 18 kids and 2 teachers. There is more room for individualized attention. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.23.08, 08:55 PM Flag
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At NEST you'll have a smarter peer group, and more true (versus constructed or contrived) diversity. But less resources and less tradition. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:39 AM Flag
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Too much chaos, not enough resources at Nest. It's too new and they are still working out too many kinks. The principal is not strong, the upper school is not great, the teachers are new, etc. There's really no comparison imo. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:59 AM Flag
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I have seen the receptionist at my dc's independent school scold a child for being rude to her caregiver. I think this is an example of what the second OR is saying about educating the whole child. There are teachers on the playground at recess and there is a great deal of communication among teachers about the strengths and weaknesses of a child. I feel that my child is well-known and is challenged to her abilities. Does the head of the middle school at NEST know every child in the division by name? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:05 AM Flag
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You don't have any problem with the receptionist at your school determining when its appropriate or not to scold a child? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:18 AM Flag
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No--I was observing and the receptionist (who knows every child in the school) was completely right. I would have a problem if rude behavior was allowed because an adult did not think it was their place to say something. The school has an atmosphere of respect and kindness, by the way. It's not a punitive or oppresive environment. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:31 AM Flag
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sounds like cathedral. df who is there finds it oppressive and is looking to leave. the culture is sort of like you. prissy and full of yourself, with a not so bright dc, talking up the whole dc bs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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From the outside, NEST looks like a pressure cooker. It follows the NYC curriculum, by the way, but it PILES on the homework. An hour every day for a first grader. What is the point of that? Some private schools are like that, I suppose, but if you found one that felt good to you, I would choose that over NEST. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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