Posted on 06/13/2012 11:26:43 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The Blue School is one big play date in desperate need of adult supervision.
Parents are yanking their kids out of the “progressive,” $32,000 per-year private school founded by the Blue Man Group — which has no books and no tests — because their kids are barely learning to read, The Post has learned.
One mother, who is yanking her son at the end of the school year, complained that the school is “unstructured.”
“It’s true,” she said when asked if her kid was struggling to read.
In all, she added, four of her son’s first-grade classmates are leaving the Financial District institution.
Another parent who dropped her first-grade son off yesterday said he’s not coming back next year — because he’s got nothing to do.
“When a 6-year-old says they’re bored, there’s a problem,” the mother said. “I think they bit off more than they can chew.”
Other moms have taken to a popular message board to vent.
“It’s all fun and games until you realize your second-grader can’t read,” a parent wrote on Urbanbaby.com.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The kids may not be taught to read and write, but I bet the teachers talk dirty to the kids in the name of “sex education.” Perverts.
Your school was founded by the Blue Man Group. What was your first clue it might be a big joke?
” When a 6-year-old says they’re bored, there’s a problem,” the mother said. “I think they bit off more than they can chew.” “
Ya think ??
I’m glad the school grabbed your 32,000, you insipid dolt : )
Shouldn’t all parents look at the whole public school system with the same critical analysis? If they did, they’d conclude to do the same thing as those parents pulling their kids from most public schools, just like the parents of the kids attending the Blue Man Group school.
Control of schools should be under “parental supervision”, which means, parents should be the ones responsible for selecting/electing the people who will be responsible for teaching their kids, and not some unaccountable political appointee.
Meanwhile, your average homeschooler can read at a third grade level by the time they’re 4.
bfl
Had to adjust for grade inflation, social promotion and the proliferation of illegal aliens.
Did they at least learn how to play the drums?
Its obvious that these now-disillusioned parents had more money than brains when thy enrolled their children at this joke of a ‘school. It was obviously nothing more than a glorified, wickedly expensive baby-sitting service. When 6-year old children decide the ‘curriculum’ and teachers leave in waves, that might have been a clue. Of course, the fact that the ‘school’ was named and founded by a mime group that paints their bodies blue should have been a clue. However, I’m sure the ‘trendy’ reputation of this ‘school’ meant more to these affluent parents than taking the time to investigate what their children were learning for $32,000. per year. Now, they know and are poorer but unlikely much wiser.
My parents weren't too patient when I wasn't learning how to read in an urban New Jersey public school. In the 1950s. They dragged my butt away and handed me over to the Catholic nuns. I was much happier (albeit much dumber) in public school. I'm sure they weren't too happy about having to pay for services that they should have gotten in return for their tax dollars.
If these parents enrolled their kids in a private school without even asking a single question about the curriculum then their offspring are probably at the right school.
LOL!!! Took me a minute to get it, but you're absolutely correct!
I didn’t think that kids four and under went to public schools yet. So aren’t all kids four and under pretty much home schooled?
At what point did you get suspicious? When the school administrator hugged you when you dropped off the $32K check or when your 8 year old came home and told you school is really boring? Hippies teaching the children of hippies.
” Meanwhile, your average homeschooler can read at a third grade level by the time they’re 4.”
Homeschooling is the best, even if you need tutors at times.
They can get an equally crummy education in the NYC public schools for “free.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 32 GRAND! *WIPES EYES* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Wisdom from Lurkers' Grandfather: "Boy, stupid is supposed to hurt."
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