The kids start school... Oh No!!!
Our children were 11 and 13 when we moved to Cali. I never expected school in California to be SO different. When I say different, I mean in every way possible! Marina Del Rey Middle School was an inner city school, and we being from small town texas thought every school was like the ones we went to. We couldn't have been more wrong. I mean, the school was fenced in and had bars on the windows. This was our first clue we were in the WRONG place. At least where our children were concerned.
Yes! This was their actual school! YIKES!!! At this point we were wondering what the heck have we done... Major culture shock!
It's really a sad day when you take your children to school and WORRY about them the entire day they are there! We had no idea it would be like this! At this point we checked into private school and charter schools. They all had a waiting list of 3-5 YEARS! We were screwed. We knew then that our little adventure on the beach was over! We knew that at Christmas break it would be time to move to a more family friendly atmosphere. We had planned to be in this area for only a very short time anyway. This was simply a pitstop on our adventure.
Until next time.
T.
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