Comments on: The Rug-rat Race http://www.geekymomblog.com/2010/03/24/the-rug-rat-race/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flatware Sets  http://www.geekymomblog.com/2010/03/24/the-rug-rat-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Flatware Sets  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:23:29 +0000 http://www.geekymomblog.com/?p=2142#comment-2530 online education should be as good as offline or regular schooling;~" online education should be as good as offline or regular schooling;~”

]]> By: Laura http://www.geekymomblog.com/2010/03/24/the-rug-rat-race/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:30:14 +0000 http://www.geekymomblog.com/?p=2142#comment-768 Yeah, I had assumed that there were conversations like that, but there really aren't. He hangs with a group of kids who are definitely going to college, but they're not aiming for the Ivies. Nearby liberal arts colleges, state schools, all those are on their radar. Yeah, I had assumed that there were conversations like that, but there really aren’t. He hangs with a group of kids who are definitely going to college, but they’re not aiming for the Ivies. Nearby liberal arts colleges, state schools, all those are on their radar.

]]> By: bj http://www.geekymomblog.com/2010/03/24/the-rug-rat-race/comment-page-1/#comment-761 bj Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:08:05 +0000 http://www.geekymomblog.com/?p=2142#comment-761 " Geeky Boy says he knows no one who’s overly concerned about getting into college. Keeping their grades up, sure. Building their portfolios, not so much." Lucky Geeky Boy. That's not so true around our neck of the woods. I drove home the carpool w/ two 7th graders yesterday, and their conversation turned to which high school they were going to. Then, they started discussing classmates, and their choices, and academic abilities. It wasn't competitive high pressure stuff, but they were definitely not oblivious. ” Geeky Boy says he knows no one who’s overly concerned about getting into college. Keeping their grades up, sure. Building their portfolios, not so much.”

Lucky Geeky Boy. That’s not so true around our neck of the woods. I drove home the carpool w/ two 7th graders yesterday, and their conversation turned to which high school they were going to. Then, they started discussing classmates, and their choices, and academic abilities. It wasn’t competitive high pressure stuff, but they were definitely not oblivious.

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