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I took the morning off work to watch my son graduate from his first ice skating class. He was great at standing, walking on skates, and falling (which is an important skill!). The best part was getting to see him learn: he was fully engaged and following instructions and paying attention. I've never gotten to watch him as a student among peers. He's incredible. I mean, not as an ice skater, but as a kid. I normally just get to have power struggles with him about brushing his teeth or eating his food, but this was amazing. He's a real person and a good kid.
I'm tearing up a little. I also just signed the little dude up for the open optional lottery in my school district for starting kindergarten in the fall, and it makes me feel extra paternal.
We're applying to the brainiac program, two fancy optional schools, an IB program, and two language immersion programs. I think he'll get at least one.
The brainiac one is weird. There's a pre-matriculation testing component, and I almost want to pull his name out. My wife went there and she didn't start until 3rd grade, which I think is fine. I'm not gonna cram shapes and reading and math with him to get him into a smart kid program. He should be a kid. They'll test him enough soon.
I'm ambivalent about the language ones. Like, it'd be cool to speak Spanish or Russian and to start early, but I knew people who went to these programs. Could they strike up a conversation in their language? Hell yeah. They were great at it. But the grammar was completely fucked and they weren't ready for APs or college.
Our neighborhood school is pretty fucked. The school-age population here is tanking, so elementary schools in my area are consolidating and shutting down. Ours may not exist in two years, and it's eating a ton of students from nearby schools that have already closed. I want to want my kids to go to their neighborhood school, but this one won't do.