What school did you go to?

↑ Chayalle ↓

Mon, Jul 25 2016, 2:31 pm

One DD actually works really hard academically and does OK - average - in most subjects, but the one subject she's best at is Math. She was in one of the higher math classes in BF, and took all advanced math courses in high school. She has consistently gotten an A in math.

I would push any student who is capable to take trig, because it's a foundation to any future math courses, and many required math courses in college may have trig as a pre-requisite.

When I was in high school, I took the business course, but they also allowed me to take trigonometry because of my math grades (and I happened to have a free when it was offered). I sort of got the best of both worlds.....

↑ sequoia ↓

Mon, Jul 25 2016, 2:31 pm

I believe in education, in case that was somehow unclear Smile

However, we cannot do everything equally well, so I am glad my school gave lots of choices. I wanted to focus on my interests (literature, languages, and philosophy).

Even in the "easy" math I took there was trig and some calc, so it's all relative, I guess.

↑ debsey ↓

Mon, Jul 25 2016, 2:46 pm

sequoia wrote:

I believe in education, in case that was somehow unclear Smile

Right - I was just trying to make the process in a standard Lakewood BY high school clear. There really isn't much of a concept of "electives," but here and there, there's some wriggle room. There's no such thing as "focusing on your interests" in the sense of "choosing which classes to take." It's more of a lock-step educational system, with some individual variations here and there.

I believe in taking Trig because it is a foundation for higher mathematics, and I also believe in the organic value of struggling to learn something that's outside of your comfort zone. It's a good experience for a 16 year old to have. If DD's school offered calculus, I'd encourage her to take that.

kollel wife

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 10:39 am

Dov Revel Elementary (Queens), Central Manhattan for High School, Barnard College, then Michlalah and EYAHT -current live in Lakewood.

Definitely gained from my upbringing, but not a typical product at all!!

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 10:48 am

Beth Rivkah ladies college, Melbourne.

Extremely grateful for the quality education I received.

amother

↑ Wine ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:25 am

Chayalle you send your girls to Bf and you have Internet? Oh my

↑ cnc ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:27 am

amother wrote:

Chayalle you send your girls to Bf and you have Internet? Oh my

↑ Chayalle ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:30 am

amother wrote:

Chayalle you send your girls to Bf and you have Internet? Oh my

Yep. I work as a computer programmer. I'm online all day, 9 to 4. I'm waiting for a job to finish that is taking forever to run. Any other questions?

amother

↑ Oak ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:31 am

amother wrote:

Chayalle you send your girls to Bf and you have Internet? Oh my

Can we stop nitpicking everyone's internet use? It's getting downright annoying.

↑ Chayalle ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:32 am

Can we stop hiding behind amother when we do that nitpicking?

yo'ma

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 11:54 am

I checked the whole thread and I didn't notice that anyone went to either of my two schools, Sara Schenirer and Bais Yaakov of Denver. I know they're both small schools, but... I can't say either way if I'm a product of either one.

↑ sequoia ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 12:24 pm

Chayalle wrote:

Yep. I work as a computer programmer. I'm online all day, 9 to 4. I'm waiting for a job to finish that is taking forever to run. Any other questions?

You don't have to justify yourself to anyone!

Especially to an anonymous poster.

Who is also on the internet.

amother

↑ Mint ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 1:02 pm

sequoia wrote:

As long as we're on the subject, what does "class" within a grade mean? It sounds like the Soviet/Russian system, with 9-a, 9-b, 9-c, 10-a 10-b, etc. Is it similar in BY schools?

In my high school, some subjects like English and math had several classes per grade (obviously), some like philosophy or economics had one, and some like Russian or Japanese had one with only a few students. But there wasn't a set group of people you were with all the time.

I went to Satmar BP. We had 3 classes 9-B, 9-R, 9-S which is BRS and stands for Bais Ruchel Satmar. We stayed in our assigned rooms and the teachers came to us to teach whatever topic they taught. There was no such thing as choosing between classes, we all took the same subjects regardless of interests, needs, competency, etc. There were no electives, gym classes, science lab (only learned bio anyway, no chemistry), trig, calc, language, philosophy, music, art, etc. There were also no AP classes, regents, honor classes, etc. We never had to worry about our GPA because it didn't exist. We had about 3 hours of English classes per day (from 1:15-4:15 pm).

We had Yiddish classes in the morning which worked the same way as the english classes listed above. We learned several subjects in Yiddish only but did not learn any Chumash, Rashi, etc. One day a week we were forced to take sewing classes for the entire morning (around 9ish-12ish) even if we absolutely hated sewing and had no interest in following ready made patterns--we were not allowed to design our own clothing we all just had to follow the same exact pattern). We were in the same classes during Yiddish and English so we were def not split up by level.
I spent my years in high school with the same group of girls every year with all of us taking the same classes even if some of us would have benefited from higher forms of learning. We don't graduate with a regents diploma or an accredited diploma so I had to get my GED to go to college. I don't know how I or anyone else survived it but I would never send my kids there nor do I understand why anyone still sends their kids to this school.

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 3:43 pm

Brits- any hasmo girls here? I'm sure there must be... Very Happy

amother

↑ Lavender

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 4:42 pm

amother wrote:

Brits- any hasmo girls here? I'm sure there must be... Very Happy

Wife of a Hasmo boy.

↑ debsey ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 4:58 pm

amother wrote:

Chayalle you send your girls to Bf and you have Internet? Oh my

HUH? Chayalle is hardly the only mom in BF to have Internet...... Sheesh, save it for a PM or at least use your screen name!

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 7:23 pm

amother wrote:

I went to bais Yakov adas yeriem(vein) and I'm definitely a proud representative of my school its a great school

Only Bais Yaakov HS wannabes call Vien Bais Yaakov Adam Yereim.

I'm a graduate from Vien too. Puke

We seem to disagree about how wonderful it was.

amother

↑ Tangerine

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 7:43 pm

amother wrote:

Only Bais Yaakov HS wannabes call Vien Bais Yaakov Adam Yereim.

I'm a graduate from Vien too. Puke

We seem to disagree about how wonderful it was.

Well, I graduated from there as well and agree with the previous poster- I loved my school! As do most of my friends. However, I do know there are some grades that the girls didn't blend so nicely, maybe you were part of one of them - no reason to bad mouth a school for that... Hug

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 8:12 pm

amother wrote:

Whatever you mean by the girls not blending nicely is not relevant because I'm discussing the school, not the students. As in the hanhallah, starting from Mrs. K (whom I will not refer to as Rebetzin) to the Yiddish and many of the English teachers. I was from an earlier, more diverse class and we have a range of graduates. Some are chassidish, some are frum middle-of-the-road, some are OTD, and some are just plain messed up thanks to the school.

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2016, 8:42 pm

amother wrote:

Yesoday Hatorah London.
No English ladies here?
Send my kids there.

Another YHS grad here