本帖最后由 Butterfly_sh 于 2014-5-28 13:35 编辑
很久不看帖子了，这个帖子让我有莫名的感动......
每天来看看，找找正能量继续前行。谢谢您的分享。一起努力
我每天都来学习一下，收获不少！谢谢楼主{:1_1:}
写的真的很好，真是很好的家长。孩子一定有出息。
羡慕中。。。学习了！
最近BC省闹得最凶的就是老师的罢工。
以后每星期三是老师的罢工日，儿子说他们老师谈到罢工都哭了，说自己也是没有办法。。。。
下星期三正好是学校CAMP的日子，我们陆续准备好了CAMP的物品，儿子也很期待。。。。。老师说，不管怎样，下星期三的CAMP不会取消，这是整个8年级的CAMP，还有6月25日，是8年级的毕业典礼，也正好是星期三。。。。。
算是零距离接触资本主义国家的罢工了。
老朋友，看到你的帖子就来看看，经过这么多年，我才明白当初的你，你比我早明白哈。喜欢你的写实风格。
楼至写得真好！:handshake
儿子给我调好了明天早上5：30的闹钟，明天6点起，SUMMER SCHOOL开始接受网上报名，第一次办这个，我得早起。:L
这位妈妈真是位用心的妈妈，值得我好好学习呢，赞！
学习学习。外面的世界真精彩啊。在国内这种活动少之太少了。
多希望国内教育也能跟上啊，毕竟出去对大多数人都不现实
本帖最后由 charlenedavid 于 2014-5-29 23:46 编辑
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多希望国内教育也能跟上啊，毕竟出去对大多数人都不现实
国内也可以啊，不是说跟国外完全一样，但还是有很多活动，家长可以张罗呢。
这个暑假，我妹妹（在杭州）给她儿子2个月安排得也满满的，钞票肯定也不少化，但跟出国游学，或度夏令营比，那肯定是少多了。
象山和渔民一起捕鱼，1750，5天四晚
还安排了5天去内蒙看大草原，人均费用4000（家长请假陪着去，2人就是8000）。
除了这两项，还报名了游泳班。
学习上，有学而思15次课，150元/次课。
奥数老师（小课）12次课，100元/次课。
另外，平时双休日，如果有时间，我妹妹一家会带孩子去西湖一景点（西湖十大景点）。
毛估估，以上就要1万多了（还不知道游泳课的费用）。
本帖最后由 charlenedavid 于 2014-5-29 23:50 编辑
打个比方说，国内的外来务工的人，无论是在意识上，还是在经济能力上，都不太可能这样安排孩子的暑假，那外来务工的孩子，和本地孩子，在学习上，在见识上，肯定是差距很大的。
同理，我们移民或留学，不也存在这样的差距？跟国内这种差距相比，我们还多了项语言的先天不足呢。
所以说，为什么留学留不下来，为什么这样那样的问题。。。。。其实我们既然选择了出国，很多事情认识到了，是可以努力改进的。
很难想象只把一个初中生，或高中生，放国外寄宿，孩子一人。。。。。是不是跟望天收一样的赌博呢？
不要怪留学成海带、海归，是因为我们有差距，而家长愿意去弥补这样的差距么？或者说，我们可以为这个差距，而之前准备些什么。。。。
我是觉得，是有很多事可以准备的，除了英语。。。。
关于这次教师罢工，学校发来的资料：
Parents, students, teachers and administrators all want to see a negotiated settlement reached with the
BCTF leadership. Unfortunately, negotiations sometimes require that the parties use the available labour
relations tools, such as strikes and lockouts, to help reach an agreement. This information clarifies what the
union’s strike and the employers’ response to the strike might mean to parents and students.
Background:
April 23 – the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) leadership directed its members to begin stage 1 strike
action which meant not doing certain work, including communicating with management, supervising
students outside of class time, and not being at the school an hour before or an hour after the end of
instructional time except for voluntary activities.
May 15 – the employers’ bargaining agent, the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), advised
the BCTF leadership that in response to its stage 1 strike action BCPSEA would implement a reduction in
pay for the reduction of work currently happening in schools. BCPSEA also advised that there would be
a further reduction should the BCTF leadership initiate their stage 2 rotating strikes. The BCTF leadership
were advised that there would be no reductions in pay if they halted their stage 1 strike action and did not
initiate their stage 2 rotating strikes.
May 20 – the BCTF leadership announced that it would initiate its stage 2 strike plan, which calls for
rotating strikes to close schools starting the week of May 26.
May 26 to 29 – BCTF rotating strikes.
In addition to the information below, parents and teachers can access more information on bargaining
positions and strike impacts on the BCPSEA website at http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/ or on the Ministry of
Education website at http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2014/02/teacher-bargaining-information.html
Q: What is going on? Is this a strike or a lockout?
BOTH. The BCTF leadership started stage 1 strike activities in April and will begin stage 2 rotating strikes
starting May 26, closing every school across the province for one day in that week.
In response to the BCTF leadership’s stage 1 strike action, BCPSEA, representing school boards in bargaining
with the union, has issued a partial lock out that includes a pay reduction to reflect the work that is not
being performed by BCTF members in compliance with their stage 1 strike.
Unlike the BCTF’s rotating strikes, BCPSEA’s partial lockout does not mean locking the doors or lost instructional
time. BCPSEA’s response to the BCTF’s strike is designed to avoid direct impacts to student safety
and instructional time while reflecting the labour relations principle of reduced pay for reduced work.
Q: What are you telling teachers not to do as part of the partial lockout?
Consistent with the many duties that the BCTF leadership directed teachers not to perform as part of their
stage 1 strike action, BCPSEA has formally outlined the time and duties they are not being paid to do
as follows:
Information for parents during BCTF strike action
收获很多信息，受益，多谢。
看了这位妈妈的帖子，很受启发，更多的了解了西方的学习环境和理念，特别是那个Network，应该是好朋友的关系，不是利益关系。你那个推的意义，很值得其他爸妈借鉴。
本帖最后由 charlenedavid 于 2014-5-30 21:17 编辑
童子军今天晋升仪式，儿子没落到升级。
趁别人（晋升的人）照相时，拿人家的真枪过了下瘾。
还有，为了这个童子军的军容，我儿子的头发是剪了又剪，几次都不合格，儿子气得都不想参加了。
还要剔胡子，为了这童子军，我还第一次去给儿子买了剔须刀。
以下这封信是童子军通知家长参加晋升仪式，多参与活动，不仅是增加孩子的活动经验，也给家长创造机会学习英语呢。
Dear Parents,
On Thursday 29 May from 6:30PM - 9:00PM we will have our Annual Ceremonial
Review dress rehearsal.During this parade we will be handing out star
level completion badges, doing promotions, teams training award, and handing
our various other badges/awards.All parents are welcome to attend .We
should begin the awards portion around 7PM and that should be complete by
around 730PM.We will also be taking a corps photo that night.
We would like all cadets to be in attendance (this is a mandatory night)
since this will be the last chance to be promoted before summer.If they
miss out, they may have to wait until September to receive their
badges/promotion.
Cadets will be in fill dress uniform for the evening.
哇，David长得好帅气，浓眉大眼，英气逼人，制服更加分:P。
看到会觉得很有成就感。付出是值得的。
喜欢这样的贴子，谢谢
谢谢LZ分享如此宝贵的意见，让我也开始考虑过程（虽然我的孩子离留学还有很长的一段时间），但着实给了我许多启发，O(∩_∩)O谢谢
学习了！楼主真的是做足了功课呀！！！值得我们好好思考和效仿！
只是似懂非懂的看个大概，羡慕之情油然而生
少看电视多育儿，少玩电脑多动脑
本文摘自: 爸妈网(www.ebama.net) 详细出处请参考：http://www.ebama.net/thread-206300-1-1.html
summer school 有的，看到很多帖子，至少，美国很多summer school供选择，从幼儿园开始。国内也有很多爸爸妈妈现在就是给宝宝读3个月左右的summer school发表于 1401600394
SUMMER SCHOOL有很多种，机构办的也有，有的机构专门组织中国来的孩子，收费还挺贵的。
在没有口碑推荐的情况下，我还是觉得学校或教育局组织的会靠谱一些。
本帖最后由 charlenedavid 于 2014-6-1 14:47 编辑
这两天接触了几位留学陪读妈妈，我们这里就是留学生多，陪读妈妈多，有钱人多（我家除外了）。
实事求是地说，我接触的那几位，孩子学习都不咋地（更别说其他了），有的孩子已经高中读完了，大学上不了，就转到COLLEGE学语言，修学分（以后可以转到大学去），这条曲线救国的道路，在我们这里还挺多。
我有时候就想，如果陪读妈妈不进取，消极地陪着，根本无法过问孩子的学习，或者也不知道如何在国外引导孩子。。。。有时候还不如送到一个有爱心、懂教育的HOMESTAY家呢，当然这样的HOMESTAY也不是那么容易找到的。
楼主做得对，鼓励，支持!