ways Alice's school thing will play out, with probabilities:
"sacre bleu! We did that wrong! let us sign her up now for Honors Math" -- probability -100% (absolutely is NOT going to happen)
they admit her on probation, subject to the successful work in the first week or so -- probability 50%
she is added to a wait list, and squeaks in in September -- probability 50%
She shows up in September having worked with her dad over the summer, and is clearly out of place in regular math -- probability 100% (Al is already working on this)
(revenge fantasies from the child herself) she shows up in September ready to start 8th grade honors Algebra (having skipped a full year of honors math) -- probability 25%
odds that they will move her when this happens - 25%
odds that we will put up a HUGE stink - 100%
odds that they will offer enrichment activities while leaving her where she is - 100%
odds that she will actually get enrichment activities from the school - 0%
odds that she will get enrichment activities from us - 100% and then some
why exactly are we trying to work with the school at all? why are we not simply planning on homeschooling? I dunno. We are trying to avoid private school because we did that once, and the financial bite is fucking huge.
"sacre bleu! We did that wrong! let us sign her up now for Honors Math" -- probability -100% (absolutely is NOT going to happen)
they admit her on probation, subject to the successful work in the first week or so -- probability 50%
she is added to a wait list, and squeaks in in September -- probability 50%
She shows up in September having worked with her dad over the summer, and is clearly out of place in regular math -- probability 100% (Al is already working on this)
(revenge fantasies from the child herself) she shows up in September ready to start 8th grade honors Algebra (having skipped a full year of honors math) -- probability 25%
odds that they will move her when this happens - 25%
odds that we will put up a HUGE stink - 100%
odds that they will offer enrichment activities while leaving her where she is - 100%
odds that she will actually get enrichment activities from the school - 0%
odds that she will get enrichment activities from us - 100% and then some
why exactly are we trying to work with the school at all? why are we not simply planning on homeschooling? I dunno. We are trying to avoid private school because we did that once, and the financial bite is fucking huge.
