Fun Education Fact of the Day
I was watching Inside the Actor's Studio and Colin Firth was being interviewed. He mentioned that he had been living in Missouri for middle school. The interviewer asked if the American kids thought he was "exotic" (Mr. Firth is British). He looked sad and said, "No, more like a freak."
Mr. Darcy was sitting in some 7th grade class in 1972 and the kids there thought he was a freak? Speaking for all 7th grade girls at that time, I say no.
He went back to England for high school.
Mr. Darcy was sitting in some 7th grade class in 1972 and the kids there thought he was a freak? Speaking for all 7th grade girls at that time, I say no.
He went back to England for high school.
Comments
He's had an interesting life- not only did he live in St Louis, Mo., but his parents were born & raised in India & he spent early childhood in Nigeria.
( & I remember a boy from England attending my jr high around the same time period- he wasn't half as attractive as I daresay Colin Firth was at the same age & we all thought he was plenty exotic.)
Helen Schinske
I bet someone whose parents are from India, and who speaks with an accent was pretty exotic to the 1970's midwest.
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You couldn't pay me to go back there.
Yesterday, we receive a letter from my son's bus driver saying that there would be some routes changes and that, starting tomorrow, the bus would be ridng 10 minutes earlier, which would be 7.41AM for us..That is really early for a pre-K student (my son goes to South Shore, wich, by the way, we really LOVE!).. And they arrive 30 minutes before starting time, wich seems really long to me for young kids to hang out.
But what bothers me the most, is that we didn't have any say in this matter..I thought that there were holding community meetings at the moment to adress parent's concerns and at the same time, they unilateraly implement those changes ???
Am-I wrong to be concerned and annoyed by this?? Can we do something about it?
HillmanCity Mom
First thing, send an e-mail to the Board (schoolboard@seattleschools.org). Let them know your concerns. They cannot do anything for you in particular but they can ask about unannounced scheduling changes.
It is kind of weird to have them there 30 minutes before school. Most schools don't like longer time periods as they become responsible for the kids at a certain point. What does your school/PTSA have to say about it? Has any info from them been sent home?
Call Tom Bishop in Transportation. He's nice and would probably give you an answer as to why it changed but not why you had no input.
Most important, go TONIGHT to the Community Meeting On Transportation STandards at Chief Sealth High. It's from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Mr. Bishop will be there and you can ask your question in front of other parents. You might be surprised at how many others might have gotten such a notice. Strength in numbers.
Good luck.
Tom Bishop (tabishop@eattleschools.org) is in charge of Transportation, but he's probably pretty busy until the Board votes on the new Transportation Service Standards (2/16).
About getting there 30 minutes early, that is one of the problems with a PreK-8th grade school. The Middle Schoolers have a longer day, but they all ride the same bus so the little ones have to get there earlier than they would with a K-5.
Maybe the office at South Shore could look up which other kids are riding your kid's bus and see if yours could go to a different stop and get on later. Or maybe there is another South Shore bus that goes near your house at a later time. Tom Bishop's office would have that info too.
It looks like South Shore will be starting at 9 or 9:10 next year, so maybe your bus will come later then.
Thanks ladies for your inputs!
HillmanCity Mom