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Skriven 2009-01-03 13:16:20 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
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Hiya Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Have you replenished your larder now that you're thawing out?
-> 
->  hn> Slightly, have not made a big grocery
->  hn> run, but have stopped by for the things
->  hn> we need but are out of presently.
-> 
-> We're making our "big" trip on Saturday but it won't be too big.  We
-> need to start cutting back so we don't have a lot to take with us or
-> give away.
-> 
We'll do a little this weekend and I'll do a big
run during the week when Anne is at school.

-> ->  hn> Sometimes I'll have 5 cameras set up to shoot the
-> ->  hn> sequences. I never go out alone for those shoots!
-> 
-> -> Somebody has to be there to keep you fueled with munchies. (G)
-> 
->  hn> More keeping an eye on the equipment!
-> 
-> I guess so. (G)
->
And keeping an eye on them when 
I have to head for the restroom!
Coffee goes right through you!
 
-> ->  hn> We've always been involved in
-> ->  hn> "giving back", it's an important
-> ->  hn> part of who we are, and what
-> ->  hn> we believe in. Even as busy as
-> ->  hn> she is, Amanda has made time to
-> ->  hn> continue that philosophy by
-> 
-> -> We've done that all our lives and Deborah is doing it now on her own.
-> -> Rachel & David haven't gotten too involved with the community at large
-> -> but probably will as the kids get older.  If nothing else, she will bake
-> -> lots of stuff for school occaisions.
-> 
->  hn> You do when you can, what you can
->  hn> on your own schedule. Having two little
->  hn> ones and teaching will wear you out pretty
->  hn> good! At the end of the day you really
->  hn> appreciate that comfy chair in the living room!
-> 
-> I don't know how much longer she will teach. She will home school Robert
-> some, starting this month, for half days but is making noises about
-> maybe working for Clark County schools next year.
-> 
I'm sure that Rachel and David have the 
skills to do a good job, some parents
simply don't, and also have no idea what
they are getting into when they try. 
Anne has a couple of kids in her class that 
were "homeschooled", one came into second
grade and did not know his alphabet, could 
only count to ten, and that was IT! 
The parents never finished high school but
did not want to send their child off to 
school and thought they could do a better
job...obviously they were wrong! The other
had parents who were actually pretty good 
homeschoolers but bills forced them both 
back into the workforce, that little girl is 
close to a year ahead of her peers...but 
has very few social skills. The third I can't 
really call homeschooled, he's Ukranian and
speaks very little english, mom speaks none
at all and dad if moderately capable in english.
The kid's bright and eager, but simply can't 
always understand what's said to him, and
can't communicate his own ideas to the 
rest of the class. He's getting better, but 
the mom is threatened by him speaking 
english and is very untrusting. Anne is 
trying to get through to her that if the
child is going to live here he needs to be
able to survive HERE, and english is 
needed for that. Mom really likes Anne
but is afraid of the "government" and 
sees Anne as part of that, which is 
not too odd considering where she
came from. Still it makes it really 
hard for Anne to get the best out
of the little fellow even though both 
he and she really try!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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