tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post1848149561907388250..comments2023-09-18T21:43:47.885-07:00Comments on Remains of the Day: One Shirt, Two Shirt, Red Shirt, Blue ShirtAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-23281776423538949532008-08-21T15:23:00.000-07:002008-08-21T15:23:00.000-07:00Like M, Eliś a spring baby so my only complaint ab...Like M, Eliś a spring baby so my only complaint about Eliś kindergarten was the length of the day. He and his, mostly boy classmates, were kept darned busy from 8 to 3 and seemed exhausted all year.<BR/>If it had been half a day, I never would have blinked.<BR/>If however I was a kindergarten teacher with a roomful of boys, I would have been tempted to pick wearing them out over all other options.Lee Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01147787484739829179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-37466047066984356242008-08-20T16:55:00.000-07:002008-08-20T16:55:00.000-07:00This is a tough one. I totally see that the red s...This is a tough one. I totally see that the red shirting thing isn't great for society, but schools do make things hard on kids. We don't have any four year old kindergarteners in Texas, but we do have pre-K for low-income four year olds. Our cut off is in the first week of September so my Halloween birthday girl got the extra year, which meant she, a new 6, aced the GT test they give in the fall of K and got to go to the good public elementary for smarty pants kids (with late birthdays, as far as I can tell). My little one has a June birthday and may not be ready to sit through a 4 hour test as a young 5 - so she may have to go to a crappy school instead - we'll see. I know we should just have better options for everyone - but we don't.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com