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To: tejek who wrote (281130)	3/21/2006 4:54:05 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572893

"Really? Its that bad in TX? I don't get the sense that's true here but I could be very wrong....." I get the sense that it is pretty common. It might be different where you are, but that would be more of an exception than the rule. "What researchers are finding now is that boys act up not necessarily because they are bored but because of the way they are hard wired....." That's true. But boredom makes it worse. Boredom has been a big factor with our kids, which is why we keep cycling around homeschooling. We did have our youngest in a really fine private school, but they are totally oriented around the arts. And he is very much a math and science wonk. But in the past few years, Texas has put together a good program that allows for distance learning. So we can order materials and he gets actual credit like he was going to school. In addition, there are several universities that take kids after their sophomore if they qualify and the state picks up tuition and fees. So that is the direction we are heading. We figure by the time he is 15 he can have enough high school credits to qualify. His SAT scores are almost good enough as it is. Needs more work on his vocabulary.