tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1509463816056421126..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Why We Left Catholic SchoolElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37317984891685535642008-12-16T14:00:00.000-08:002008-12-16T14:00:00.000-08:00Elizabeth, this really hits home for me today. Yo...Elizabeth, this really hits home for me today. You are so right that we special needs parents & families deserve more than "survival." <BR/><BR/>For the last week, I've been sorting through the dimensions of necessary and overdue change in terms of our childcare situation--a number of things have come to light and that combined with realizations we haven't wanted to face/deal with have led to a week-long period of intense reflection about how to effect positive change, rather than just adjustment/survival change--and how to get our family back to a place where we are functional and cohesive, not just hanging onto some worn-out situation out of habit and fear.<BR/><BR/>Your story here gives me backbone and sustenance to make this change.<BR/><BR/>And I thank you so, so much for the Uber-Blogger award!! I have been off-line much of this week, trying to get centered, think clearly, and so on. I didn't want to rush through my post thanking you or ID-ing blogs I also enjoy. I am just about back on my feet, just about.jeneva22https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796890614666454443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61745912311734350892008-12-14T16:51:00.000-08:002008-12-14T16:51:00.000-08:00One of my daughters had a rigorous teacher for 1st...One of my daughters had a rigorous teacher for 1st grade .... and I felt like I was watching the light go out in her. The next year was better though. I'm so glad for you and your boys. It's tough to see little spirits struggling under heavy loads. I think now they're growing wings to fly. Wonderful!<BR/><BR/>p.s. the original meaning of the word kindergarten is "children's garden" - how cool is that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57540967174109115792008-12-14T07:43:00.000-08:002008-12-14T07:43:00.000-08:00My only regret of leaving Ohio was that my son got...My only regret of leaving Ohio was that my son got into a very nice magnet elementary that doesn't come close to the school he is in now. He is thriving and that is all that matters. I am so happy you found such a great environment for your sons.Joyce K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02387999084443760457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72425696286162187842008-12-13T18:21:00.000-08:002008-12-13T18:21:00.000-08:00I'm glad you were able to get your kids into a mag...I'm glad you were able to get your kids into a magnet school. When we considered living in Chicago, one of the problems was that you often had to have clout to get your kids into a magnet school.<BR/><BR/>There were some really prestigious Catholic schools in the Chicago area--probably a lot like the one your sons were in. But then I got the job in Elkhart, with its own school issues.<BR/><BR/>My wife converted to Catholicism from the post-Reformation Protestant Disciples of Christ denomination she was raised in. I was raised agnostic, and could not make the leap to Roman Catholicism, so I became an Episcopalian, which some call "Catholic Lite--all the ritual with only half the guilt."<BR/><BR/>So our kids went to public schools--some good, some not so, except for Sarah, who had so much trouble in high school that she persuaded us to send her to the Interlochen Arts Academy for her last two years. We couldn't afford it, but the school did help her tremendously.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.com