Just venting. Gotta get this off my chest.

[mike32312]

Originally Posted by ky toker

Mike, my parents had to pay for speach therapy for me and I still talk like a dumbass.

Seriously, hope everything works out (and I'm sure it will).

thanks KY that makes me feel a whole lot better. NOT! hahahaha

[dadof3illinois]

Sorry to hear you cigar budget just got lowered but it's for a good cause.

I'm lucky because my wife is a school teacher (english) so she helps my son if he needs it.

[donp]

Mike:
I don't know whether this reading camp will help him; it probably will but, what he can do to improve and strengthen his reading, is to read (especially during the summer months) the things he likes to read. Because reading is a skill, one gets better at it by doing it on a regular basis. Older generations of kids had comic books and sport magazines, nowadays kids have distractions in the form of video games etc.; quiet activities like reading on rainy days take a back seat to video games.
Whenever you see him reading, ask him what it is about; that will show if he is retaining what he is reading.

[calistogey]

With a daughter starting 1st grade and a wife who's back in college for her 2nd degree, I know how it feels. Just been stocking up on some PC's/TPC's, but still manage to gift a few sticks out every once in a while.

[pistol]

Originally Posted by donp

Mike:
I don't know whether this reading camp will help him; it probably will but, what he can do to improve and strengthen his reading, is to read (especially during the summer months) the things he likes to read. Because reading is a skill, one gets better at it by doing it on a regular basis. Older generations of kids had comic books and sport magazines, nowadays kids have distractions in the form of video games etc.; quiet activities like reading on rainy days take a back seat to video games.
Whenever you see him reading, ask him what it is about; that will show if he is retaining what he is reading.

I promise he would enjoy reading Playboy! I did when I was his age, and the articles are great!

[LT Rich]

It might have something to do with FL Public schools being ranked #48 among the states, or the fact that in most FL schools more kids speak and read spanish than english... I dont know but just maybe this has contributed? I dont mean to offend anybody, but if kids were forced to learn english before entering into the same classrooms as english speaking kids it would greatly benifit the school systems and the kids going through them. Most English classes in Florida are just that, english classes where they try to teach the kids to understand english. Thats the wrong answer.

Just my two cents.

LT

[RPB67]

I just went through it with my daughter !

196 hours of tutoring at $55.00 an hour. The total almost cost me $10,000.00
last summer. Yes that is a lot of cigars.

But its education. If you dont take care of it now. It will be worse later.

In the long run it was all worth it. You will see it will PAY off for you as well.

Oh yes, it all worked out. She is doing math and reading at her own level and feeling more confident now as well.

[ky toker]

Originally Posted by mike32312

thanks KY that makes me feel a whole lot better. NOT! hahahaha

Anything for you baby!

I think in the end you'll see that it was more than worth it. Self confidence can hinder or aid a person and with children it is 2x when they feel they're behind everyone else for one reason or another.

Children are a big investment. And this has positive written all over it. Now go outside, relax and smoke that Black & Mild.

[donp]

Originally Posted by pistol

I promise he would enjoy reading Playboy! I did when I was his age, and the articles are great!

Muhahaha! And the articles are still great!

[Dandee]

Expensive, but the right thing to do Mike. There will always be more cigars.

[mike32312]

Originally Posted by RPB67

I just went through it with my daughter !

196 hours of tutoring at $55.00 an hour. The total almost cost me $10,000.00
last summer. Yes that is a lot of cigars.

But its education. If you dont take care of it now. It will be worse later.

In the long run it was all worth it. You will see it will PAY off for you as well.

Oh yes, it all worked out. She is doing math and reading at her own level and feeling more confident now as well.

thanks that's encouraging to hear. As a dad it's good as a cigar lover it sucks. But hey I'll take son's education over cigars anyday. At least for the first year.

[mike32312]

Originally Posted by donp

Muhahaha! And the articles are still great!

I thought about giving him a playboy and letting him read it. the reward would be he could have the pictures after he wrote a bookreport about Miss June.

[pistol]

Originally Posted by mike32312

I thought about giving him a playboy and letting him read it. the reward would be he could have the pictures after he wrote a bookreport about Miss June.

now you are thinking man! Cut out the pics of Vida, then make him read an article that exercises his brain. Next, make him write an essay both supporting and defending a view from the article! Once he's done, give him the pics of Vida (and maybe a jar of vaseline )!

[Bigwaved]

Someday your kid will pay you back in spades for this.

[Aielo]

It's worth the money. When I was in High School, my mom put me in Sylvan Learning Center to boost my math grades up. Frickin' expensive, but it's well worth it since now I'm in college and am going into my third semester of Calculus.