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Skriven 2009-01-06 13:31:46 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
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Salutations Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  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)
->
I'll be going this afternoon. Staples mostly
and vitamins.
 
-> -> -> 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.
-> 
Sure seems like it to me!

-> ->  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.
-> 
It's tough in public school, because no
child can be turned away regardless of
physical or mental, or behavioral issues.
A couple of kids like that in a class can
really impact the amount of attention
that is available for the class as a whole.

->  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.
-> 
The first set of parents were just lazy
dummies who didn't want to put the 
effort into getting up early enough to 
get the kids off to school. Both parents
have drug convictions and everyone
is fairly sure they have not changed 
their ways...Child Protective Services
is what finally forced them to put the
kids into school. The child is bright enough
and now that he's in school is doing 
quite well...when his folks get him
up in time to get to school.
-> 
->  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.
-> 
There are a lot of resources for homeshooled
kids...but the parents have to want to be
involved in them. 
-> 
->  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.
-> 
eventually perhaps that will happen...right now
the mom is just too distrustful of just about 
everyone. 
chat with you soon!
hap 
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