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Skriven 2009-01-05 14:28:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19017 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Slightly, have not made a big grocery

-> 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.

 hn> We'll do a little this weekend and I'll do a big
 hn> run during the week when Anne is at school.

We got most everything on Saturday.  The basket wasn't nearly as full as
some times. (G)

-> -> Somebody has to be there to keep you fueled with munchies. (G)
->  hn> More keeping an eye on the equipment!

-> I guess so. (G)

 hn> And keeping an eye on them when
 hn> I have to head for the restroom!
 hn> Coffee goes right through you!

Tea can have that effect as well but I think coffee does it faster and
more often.

->  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.

 hn> I'm sure that Rachel and David have the
 hn> skills to do a good job, some parents

She's been teaching for several years--has had some frustrating times
but over all, enjoying it. Her first job was in Warner-Robbins, GA-a
public school in a less than well off area.  Her next job was in
Avondale, AZ in a better off neighborhood but still public school.
Those 2 were quite challenging as she had to teach to state standards.
The last couple of years she taught at Challenger in Las Vegas--a
tougher curriculum but they don't have to answer to the state for
everything.

 hn> simply don't, and also have no idea what
 hn> they are getting into when they try.
 hn> Anne has a couple of kids in her class that
 hn> were "homeschooled", one came into second
 hn> grade and did not know his alphabet, could
 hn> only count to ten, and that was IT!
 hn> The parents never finished high school but
 hn> did not want to send their child off to
 hn> school and thought they could do a better
 hn> job...obviously they were wrong! The other

That's hard--the parents mean well but the child is the one who suffers.
It's too bad the parents didn't realise earlier that they couldn't do
the job.


 hn> had parents who were actually pretty good
 hn> homeschoolers but bills forced them both
 hn> back into the workforce, that little girl is
 hn> close to a year ahead of her peers...but
 hn> has very few social skills. The third I can't


Sounds like a case of helicopter parents in the social aspect.  A lot of
home school kids get interaction with others thru outside activities.
The Homeschool Co-op here in Savannah lets the students be taught at
home in the morning, then meet together for classes (academic and
enrichment) in the afternoon.


 hn> really call homeschooled, he's Ukranian and
 hn> speaks very little english, mom speaks none
 hn> at all and dad if moderately capable in english.
 hn> The kid's bright and eager, but simply can't
 hn> always understand what's said to him, and
 hn> can't communicate his own ideas to the
 hn> rest of the class. He's getting better, but
 hn> the mom is threatened by him speaking
 hn> english and is very untrusting. Anne is
 hn> trying to get through to her that if the
 hn> child is going to live here he needs to be
 hn> able to survive HERE, and english is
 hn> needed for that. Mom really likes Anne
 hn> but is afraid of the "government" and
 hn> sees Anne as part of that, which is
 hn> not too odd considering where she
 hn> came from. Still it makes it really
 hn> hard for Anne to get the best out
 hn> of the little fellow even though both
 hn> he and she really try!

Hopefully there will be a break thru soon. Is there a chance for extra,
beyond classroom time where the mom can come in as well? One or 2 days a
week would really make a difference in the child and mother & she would
see that the school isn't as tied to the government as she thinks it is.
Something to think about anyway.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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