Any here have mature children that are finally coming out of the fog?

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    If it is anything like our experience, you're in for one bored kid for the next 5 years. The TAG program in our district is a joke. I'm not sure what they even do, other than pull kids out of class for TAG once a month. The curriculum, other than her 3rd grade teacher, was exactly the same as other students.
     
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    And this is why I said, "I won't hold my breath." Anything we as parents want to do to keep our kids ahead and challenged in school requires a direct hit to our wallets. And sometimes, that even doesn't get it done.
     
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    When my kids were in TAG at Milwaukie the parents were included pretty heavily and I was impressed with the depth of the projects and competitions. The regular schooling OTOH was rudimentary to the point of ridiculous. They targeted the slowest in the class and bored/ignored the rest.
     
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    Many, many people become more liberal, open, antiwar, and personable as they get older and more confident. The young fog of fear, conservatism, and inhibitions about showing their loving side dissipates. The high-energy need to fight and kill all the time, as Marzul is wont to do, runs out of steam...and fog.
     
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    Were you guys able to talk about peanut butter sandwiches?
     
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    I've always heard the opposite is more true. Younger people tend to be more liberal and idealistic, then get conservative later when they have kids of their own and their life's savings to protect.
     
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    Conservatives claim, "If you're not liberal at 20 you have no heart. If you're not conservative at 40 you have no brain."

    Of course, they don't take that to its logical end...saying that the millions of young conservatives are heartless.
     
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