to wonder what IPOAT stands for?

[Hullygully]

le thought a croisser ma mind plusier times.

Avez-vous un plan de la ville?

Bonne.

I have made rugelach. They are delicious. I am going to become Jewish one pastry at a time.

I always wanted to be Jewish as a child. I blame Anne Frank's Diary. Honest.

(though clearly did not follow through to the logical end of that desire, considering the context)

There really is no time in our childrens education when we have no cause to fret.
Do you have strong preferences/ disaster scenarios to fret about?

Ds1 doing mocks this week. [sigh] he quite liked Warwick but I think is leaning towards Exeter.
He has worked so hard. I want him to get a place somewhere and go off and have a blast for a few years.

I was brought up Roman Catholic. That was more than enough angst to cope with
We have shit pastries but confession is great.

Well, disaster scenario is ds ending up getting neither of my choices, and being carted off to some hell hole.

the proximity within the band I think he will be in is 0.300 miles.

last year there were 1200 odd applications for 182 places. The other school had 1400 applications for similar places.

It is feral round here for good schools.

Me too Pag (evil old nuns) think that's why I wanted to be Jewish. My own personal religious rebellion.

They wouldn't let me take first communion because I espoused heretical beliefs.

no change there, eh?

Christ, those are huge numbers.

I will keep fingers crossed for you ( except for short drive to pick up DD).

I did Sunday club for years because I fancied Joseph, the boy who sat next to me I was very deep with a genuine faith

Yes, and these are state schools.

betcha looked marvellous in your white frock and veil...did you have white shoes too?

Or is this just an Irish catholic thing?

Oh yes, great japes. Still scarred for life by being told if you ate the host, it would bleed, because it was the body of Christ.

Top news for a four year old.

Yy to the full white thingy and yy to Irish.

Hully, just do the kissing the ring jokes. They always work. Classic really.

Gosh, I am pretty, aren't I?

You are. And you have fabulous hair.

You're all gaaawwwwjuss, naturally.

Someone needs to explain this "school letter" business to me; we don't have that!

I wanted to be Jewish too...I was raised a half assed Lutheran and when I was eleven I informed my father I was becoming a Jewish Lutheran Buddhist, or, a JewLuBu. I was quite devout.

cheerful, we all get to hear, by letter (or emal) what school our child has been allocated by our local educational authority. in theory there is parental choice, you can put down up to six choices. In practice it is much much harder.

Also many independent schools (private) also send their letters of acceptance or rejection on 1 march also.

Am loving Jewlubu. I think it should be the official IPOAT religion.

We just go to the school that's the closest... :) In Minnesota we have open enrollment, so I think you can send your kids where ever you want to. Some of the private schools (the ones you have to pay for) and the charter schools have waiting lists and lotteries, but all the public (state) schools are pretty much open. :)

Oooh, ooh, can I be the High Rabstor? (Rabbi/Pastor). My Dad was always tolerant of my religious musings. Except for the time I was fifteen and told him that I was becoming a Rastafarian. He suspected quite rightly that I just wanted to smoke a lot of pot.

Life would be a lot easier all round if that were the case here. It used to be.

Hey, I think we need to discuss the cetnral tenants of Jewbulu before grabbing lucrative responsible positions for ourselves.

Oh all right, I was getting all ahead of myself with delusions of prestige. :o Hmm...well, the Lutherans just let in gay clergy, so that's one.

Our school system is good that way, but we don't have free nursery or anything. We have preschool, but you almost always have to pay for it. So unless you meet income guidelines and qualify for HeadStart, there's no free school until your kid's 5 or 6. So we rack up a lot in daycare fees.