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Utah board backs full-day kindergarten

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Anonymous | 1:53 p.m. Aug. 14, 2007
I HOME SCHOOLED MY SON RAUL CHRISTOPHER PERALEZ UNTIL THE SECOND GRADE AND HIS ABILITIES TO ACHIEVE AND SUCCESS WERE SUPERB. NOT TO MENTION THAT I USED THE MCGUFFY READERS TO TEACH HIM TO READ. THEN I ENROLLED HIM INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH WAS WHAT I HAD TO DO BEING A WORKING MOTHER OF THREE AND A SELF SUPPORTING WOMAN I CHOSE THAT ROUTE BUT IF I HAD TO DO IT ALL AGAIN THE COMPUTER AND ONLINE COURSES ARE A BETTER ROUTE AND SO IS HOME SCHOOL BECAUSE BEING A PARENT HAS TAUGHT ME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER'S AS MUCH AS A PARENT CAN AND DOES. SOME TEACHERS ONLY POSSESS THEIR DEGREES TO EARN A LIVING AND ARE NOT ABLE TO TEACH A CHILD AS WELL AS A PARENT CAN AND SHOULD.
SINCERELY,
CHRISTINE NICOLLE MESA
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CHRISTINE NICOLLE MESA | 2:04 p.m. Aug. 14, 2007
PART II OF COMMENT ABOUT HOME SCHOOL AND CHILDREN AT HOME LEARNING.
MY SON LEARNED HOW TO READ BECAUSE OF ME AND MY PATIENCE TO TEACH HIM BUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DONOT PUT THE EFFORT FORTH THAT A PARENT CAN AND DOES AND STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF A CHILDS LIFE IS CRUCIAL AND SHOULD BE WITH THE PARENTS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT MY SISTER CAROLYNNE DAWN EAKIN RECENTLY HAD MY SON RAUL CHRISTOPHER PERALEZ TESTED FOR HIS ABILITIES IN CURRICULIM AND THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PASSED HIM THROUGH TO THE GRADE HE IS NOW WITHOUT HELPING HIM SUCCEED IN HIS EDUCATION SINCE THE SECOND GRADE. THAT'S PROOF THAT A PARENT IS A BETTER ROLE MODEL FOR A TEACHER AND CAN EDUCATE CHILDREN BETTER THAN SOME PUBLIC EDUCATORS AND SOME PUBLIC TEACHERS THAT HAVE DEGREES TO DO SO BUT CHOOSE OTHERWISE.
ALSO NOTE THAT MY SISTER STATES THAT DUE TO HER INVESTIGATIONS THAT MOST PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO NOT EDUCATE HISPANICS AS WELL AS OTHER AMERICANS NOT REALIZING THAT THIS IS A DETRIMENT TO SOCIETY NOT JUST OUR CHILDREN AND SHOULD BE ENFORCED FOR ALL RACES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR NATIONALITIES ARE. THEY SHOULD BE MADE READY FOR THE NEXT GRADE NOT PASSED UP DUE TO STATISTICS AND RACISM.
PLEASE NOTE I AM A FULL BLOODED AMERICAN WITH NO HISPANIC DECENT BUT MY HEIRS ALL HAVE HISPANIC DECENT AND DESERVE A CHANCE TO BE TAUGHT THE SAME AS OTHER STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR OTHERWISE EDUCATED, BUT AS A PARENT I STAND FOR HOMESCHOOLING.

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Linda Ashcroft teaches kindergartners at Washington Elementary School in Bountiful. Local and national research indicates full-day kindergarten is a preventive measure.

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