National Young Scholars

Tina2001aniT · 03-26-2008, 10:08 PM

National Young Scholars Program

Does anyone have any experience with this? Anyone's kids ever been?? Any yays or nays?

cvizzy · 03-27-2008, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Tina2001aniT

National Young Scholars Program

Does anyone have any experience with this? Anyone's kids ever been?? Any yays or nays?

We just rec'd an invite for our daughter and I was getting ready to ask the same thing. It looks interesting. I am going to try and do some research I will post back if I find anything out.

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 03-27-2008, 08:28 AM

If I recall, it's a bunch of crap. My oldest son got a lot of this stuff when he was in school....and most of it was going to cost us a good bit of money. There may be some threads about this program or some others on here. I know Kwillia had checked out one of them.

*itsbob* ^(Premo) · 03-27-2008, 09:47 AM

Search the threads..

With Catt, my first question would be.. How much does it cost?

*itsbob* ^(Premo) · 03-27-2008, 09:52 AM

WeTheTeachers :: View topic - National Young Scholars Program

It sounds like a REAL expensive summer camp..

*itsbob* ^(Premo) · 03-27-2008, 09:54 AM

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It all starts with the nomination: ask yourself how your child got on the mailing list in the first place -his/her teacher nominated the child! In most cases the teacher did not know any better, but the teacher is in clear and direct violation of the Family Education Rights & Privacy Law (FERPA).

Caveat Emptor - your childs name and personal information, as well as the parent(s) name and and e-mail contact are now all part of a highly questionable database with a for-profit organization. Imagine what they can do with this information, now and in the future ...

Do yourself a favor: dial the 1-800 number in the mail piece, ask, no DEMAND that your name, child's name and all other identifiable information in their database is permanently deleted. You'll be surprised how quickly they are willing to comply. Then ask for a written confirmation (e-mail) that your request was executed.

Next step: talk to your school administrator and talk to other parents to put a stop to this nonsense.

Hmmm, interesting

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cattitude ^(Premo) My Sweetest Boy Member Since: Mar 2002 Posts: 30,644	If I recall, it's a bunch of crap. My oldest son got a lot of this stuff when he was in school....and most of it was going to cost us a good bit of money. There may be some threads about this program or some others on here. I know Kwillia had checked out one of them. __________________ The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden
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