TOYH and I took a tour of Seward Montessori school this morning. It looks like it would be a good fit for Madster and 'Nika. We sat in on a middle school Spanish class, and talked to the teacher afterwards. We explained our situation - if the girls got into Seward, they would be wasting their time on the beginning Spanish taught there. She understood and said that they have other students who are advanced beyond introductory Spanish and there are special supplemental classes to challenge them. That was somewhat reassurning, but it remains to be seen how challenged they would be with Spanish at Seward. This is one of the more painful things about leaving Emerson. We were so excited for the girls to get a real leg up on a second language before they got into high school and Emerson was doing a pretty good job of that at least. At Seward we talked with a 6th grade science teacher, parent liaison, and some middle school students. I came away with a pretty good feeling about the place. The school is a bit different than Emerson. Fewer kids on free or reduced price lunch and the ethnic makeup tips toward more Hmong and Somali students than Latino. The facility is at least 60 years newer than Emerson. It's all irrelevant right now. The girls are not enrolled in Seward. I just stuck the school request cards in the mail today. Now we wait to see if one or both of them win the lottery.
In other education news, KyKy is taking driver's training. It seems a bit early, she won't be turning 16 until November, but I guess she'll need the practice. She says that she's scared of driving. I don't blame her. I really think that people have become more maniacal in their driving since I had driver's ed 28 years ago. Part of it may be the city/country difference. Part of it may be the fact that there are a lot more cars on the road than there were 28 years ago. I'm sure part of it is the the higher speed limits. I don't know. It just seems to me that practicing your driving on County Road 6 and the sleepy streets of Cambridge in 1979 was a lot easier trying learn to drive in Minneapolis in 2008.
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No kidding on the driving! I see kids doing their driver's training during rush hour, trying to maneuver through merging traffic to exit 694 to 94, and I feel nothing but pity... both for the driver and the trainer. Good luck to all of you... trainee and passengers!
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