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Teen boy on a D1 recruiting track for his sport. His dream not ours but we obviously support it in all ways possible. He just had a BAD succession of two tournaments and finally told us he made a few mistakes and then just kind of gave up. He turned it around for last tourney and is crushing it but ...
I am starting to think we have failed as parents on educating our kids. We were under the misunderstanding that some subjects would be part of normal education which don't seem to exist at all. There is no subject equivalent of grammer, civics or geography in middle school ? Should we be freaking ou...
Marsha's Music has a few spots left in our Saturday 10:30 AM and Wednesday 10 AM mixed ages classes for August! Super fun music and movement classes for the whole family! SAT 10:30 – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24 WED 10 – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER...
Are there any CPS teachers on here that can weigh in on the best way to secure a position? A friend of mine from college just moved to Chicago and she has emailed probably 30 principals as jobs are posted. She has not heard back from a single one! She has a MEd in education and a bunch of endorsem...
Starting to feel overwhelmed with the college process for rising junior. How do we know if our child should prep for SAT or ACT? When do we start? What companies do test prep? ...
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