tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post7684662932173390331..comments2023-10-07T12:44:54.727-04:00Comments on Last American Childhood: Pastoral FantasyRachel Federmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954446214849444639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-54062590878578747432012-03-20T18:08:51.862-04:002012-03-20T18:08:51.862-04:00scheduling playdates is the only way they happen f...scheduling playdates is the only way they happen for usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-15254764951648180212012-03-20T10:08:55.173-04:002012-03-20T10:08:55.173-04:00Maggie -- guess that's just another part of th...Maggie -- guess that's just another part of the grass-is-always-greener fantasy that would pop the minute I settled down into Anytown, USA. Maybe The Grass is Greener in New York should be a post soon. all the ways that it is. (realize I'm mixing topics now - one is the craziness of schools/achievement and the other is the earth friendly/green stuff<br /><br />k.b.e. - amazing...i wish you would. <br /><br />Bearette: applied-behavioral-analysis therapy- you mean kids with special needs, or just in general, parents secure the therapy for them to advance them along in a small town, as well as in NYC<br /><br />hilarious about the kentucky nursery school camp. i do like hearing stories like that. reminds me about just how widespread this stuff is. and how much control we have over how we spend our days. can't have the excuse that - if I were out in kentucky, i wouldn't be worrying about getting into kindergarten. (even saying it sounds so dumb...."getting into kindergarten")<br /><br />i'll never forget an email from a friend living in the NH boondocks that outlined the crazy, hectic, minute-to-minute breakneck speed schedule they have. i had just assumed they had the endless, quiet days watching butterflies hatch (speaking of, got to see that last week at the Natural History museum -- never saw it for all the time I spent out in real fields)Rachel Federmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954446214849444639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-69314227652219178382012-03-20T10:00:35.299-04:002012-03-20T10:00:35.299-04:00i wrote a blog entry about the school ridiculousne...i wrote a blog entry about the school ridiculousness in NYC once...and someone from kentucky commented how people camp out outside the nursery school to get a place (first come, first serve in the morning). Also in my small town, kids are getting aba. i really do love nyc for all i grumble sometimes.Bearettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695540798528134304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-28091929126108738182012-03-20T09:47:52.412-04:002012-03-20T09:47:52.412-04:00As always, you give me life, and reason enough to ...As always, you give me life, and reason enough to stay--k.b.e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11933100932670313287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-11703790301214871722012-03-20T09:45:59.601-04:002012-03-20T09:45:59.601-04:00there's a lottery for our local school and we ...there's a lottery for our local school and we live in the boondocks. plus testing goes on everywhere.Maggienoreply@blogger.com