Comments on: The Perfectly Aged Kindergartener http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/ A Good Christian Raisin' and a Eighth Grade Education Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 sadcox Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:26:14 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1819 Damn!!! Beat me to the punch!!! I just saw a commercial tonight about the $1B "raised", where the money is going. I meant to post a comment but got sidetracked by a hungry baby or a bottle of gin--can't remember which. My favorite part of the commercial is the tag line... "Education is Everything" Damn!!! Beat me to the punch!!!

I just saw a commercial tonight about the $1B “raised”, where the money is going. I meant to post a comment but got sidetracked by a hungry baby or a bottle of gin–can’t remember which.

My favorite part of the commercial is the tag line…

“Education is Everything”

]]> By: mbradley http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 mbradley Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:23:23 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1818 You need to brush up on where your lottery money is going. http://www.tennessee.gov/education/prek/index.shtml It ain't just about college scholarships anymore. And, there's plenty more money where that came from so look for these programs to expand... You need to brush up on where your lottery money is going.

http://www.tennessee.gov/education/prek/index.shtml

It ain’t just about college scholarships anymore. And, there’s plenty more money where that came from so look for these programs to expand…

]]> By: TVD http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 TVD Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:35:27 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1815 Good one, sadcox. As the slogan on a trucker hat my wife got me at the Pilot says, "The lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math." I like what you said better, it just wouldn't look as good on a trucker's hat. Good one, sadcox.
As the slogan on a trucker hat my wife got me at the Pilot says, “The lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.” I like what you said better, it just wouldn’t look as good on a trucker’s hat.

]]> By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 sadcox Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:18:16 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1814 <i>Do your civic duties to help the children of Tennessee by going out today and buying a lottery ticket.</i> Good one! Technically, that only helps adults...college "kids". Is it a conflict of interest that the State takes on the responsibility of teaching math to the majority of people while at the same monopolizing a product whose marketing success relies on the same people's inability to do math? Do your civic duties to help the children of Tennessee by going out today and buying a lottery ticket.

Good one! Technically, that only helps adults…college “kids”.

Is it a conflict of interest that the State takes on the responsibility of teaching math to the majority of people while at the same monopolizing a product whose marketing success relies on the same people’s inability to do math?

]]> By: Marty http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1813 Marty Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:58:48 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1813 Just wait until they reveal the new proposal for the statewide pre kindergarten program... Then I'm sure you will be able to connect the dots. It takes a village (and a well funded statewide social program buried in the education budget)... Do your civic duties to help the children of Tennessee by going out today and buying a lottery ticket. Just wait until they reveal the new proposal for the statewide pre kindergarten program… Then I’m sure you will be able to connect the dots.

It takes a village (and a well funded statewide social program buried in the education budget)…

Do your civic duties to help the children of Tennessee by going out today and buying a lottery ticket.

]]> By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 sadcox Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:06:44 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1811 HM, this whole idea just has a weird smell to it. What could be the real motiviation to change this cutoff date? To reduce the number of incoming kindergarteners by 1/12? To increase the number of kids wanting to enroll in the pre-K program by 1/12? My guess is we'll find out when the next round of tax increases are proposed. There's a good chance that whatever they are claiming they need the money for will have been affected by this. HM, this whole idea just has a weird smell to it.

What could be the real motiviation to change this cutoff date? To reduce the number of incoming kindergarteners by 1/12? To increase the number of kids wanting to enroll in the pre-K program by 1/12?

My guess is we’ll find out when the next round of tax increases are proposed. There’s a good chance that whatever they are claiming they need the money for will have been affected by this.

]]> By: Hungry Mother http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Hungry Mother Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:35:18 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2008/01/22/the-perfectly-aged-kindergartener/#comment-1810 The age that kids start school is very crucial to their success and happiness in formal education. It isn't the calendar that determines when a kid is ready, but rather the maturity of the child. Our first kid started too early, in our opinion, and had a lot of rough times in school based solely on being emotionally too young. Obviously, there should be some other criteria. The age that kids start school is very crucial to their success and happiness in formal education. It isn’t the calendar that determines when a kid is ready, but rather the maturity of the child. Our first kid started too early, in our opinion, and had a lot of rough times in school based solely on being emotionally too young. Obviously, there should be some other criteria.

]]>