I can't stop crying :(

I am very scared of public schools. I understand your concern. BUt I have to agree with the statement that kids need to be around other kids.

The only solution I could think of that would be perfect is if you could find a few other families with the same views and concerns as you and come together to form a small home school group.

 

I would like HeadyMoe to attend the school of Bug_man. Teach her a few things!

 

I'm sure I could use a few lessons from you

 

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That would depend on the child, the classmates, the teacher, the school, the area, and the situation. It's not a free education if you're paying taxes, unfortunately, you don't decide where the money goes, and that's why my county spends $70,000 on office furniture for the Board of Education's 2400 square foot office and there weren't enough desks in my English class of 42, which means they had to drag a lunch table into the classroom and waste my time. Nobody ever got a hell of a lot done. The teachers deserve a raise and the administrators should get their pay cut in half.




I prefer homeschooling as I'm homeschooled through Keystone and my 4.0 says I'm doing fine. I wouldn't put my children in a public school if somebody paid me.

 

Would you care to get more in depth with your statement? (the first part)

 

Re-read (edited).

 

You explained the situation at one, solitary school. How does that constitute solid evidence that public education is bad as a whole?

 

Sorry to hear about your son being denied. Sounds like you were really looking forward to him attending that school.

I don't know a whole lot about homeschooling. I do know one child who is homeschooled and he isn't all quite there. He's very smart, doesn't get into trouble, but he doesn't talk a whole lot either. Fears and lots of anxieties.

I cried when I put my oldest on the bus to go to Kindergarten. My first lil' guy was going to school on the bus and I wasn't in control! Actually the day that he went to school was the same day that shooting happened in the cafeteria (can't remember which one it was there has been many) I didn't want to let Billy out of my site.

Have you heard anything about the school he would be going to? Have you talked with the Principle? What about setting up a meeting and taking a tour of the school? That might help you reach a decision once you get in and start observing.

It's okay to worry about your lil' one going off to school, especially for his first time. I still give big hugs and kisses when my son gets on the bus and when he gets off the bus. It does help that his school is right behind my house over the hill.

What are your husbands thoughts about this decision? Men can be more black and white in the decision making progess as opposed to us women who are run over and stampeded with emotions. I speak for myself on this.

Big Hugs to you sweetie. It will all work itself out. Just a shame you have feel tormented by the decision making process in the meantime.

 

There have only been two schools in our area that have offered open enrollment. The other school that I looked into that was going to be offering open enrollment for next fall already had their kindergarten classes full and were not taking anymore students. I guess I wouldn't want him in an overfilled class as it is, as he'd be getting even less attention.

I wish more of the schools offered open enrollment around here though.

 

You have a point, one of which I have been pondering overover and over again. The whole social interaction experience. It's funny because no matter what you do, whether you're a stay-at-home mother (which I am) or a mother who works outside the home, you have doubts and fears. Like a working mother might feel guilt over not being able to be with her child, I, as a SAHM, I've often times felt guilt wondering if the minimal interaction that my children have with other children is not a good thing. Yet, when they ARE around other children, they are very confident and tend to be the "leaders", the ones the other kids will follow. So I guess I'm doing okay in that area, but I still worry at times.

But yes, your comments are ones that I have worried about myself. That's what makes this all so difficult.

{{{Hugs to you}}}

 

Thankyou for your thoughts...

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Thanks for your input...

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Thanks headymoe. I'm scared too. And as I said in a previous post, the social interaction thing has been a major concern of mine.

I had done some research months back, found the names and numbers of families in my area that homeschool their children, looked into a support group for home schooled children, found out about field trips that the kids can take with other homeschooled children but still I felt uneasy. It's a HUGE undertaking, and I worry if I would be able to be the best instructor for my children. And, as I said before, the concern over not having the "normal" daily interactions with other children.

{{{Hugs to you my friend}}}

 

You do make some excellent points Orsino, similar things to that of which my husband and I have discussed as well.

Thankyou for your thoughts...

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Thankyou so much Peanuts for your understanding! You always have a way of making me feel better.

{{{Hugs to you sweetheart}}}

 

why the hell does she want to learn how to be a crack whore....