Homeschool, so year-round fun! nm
Posted By: Apple Scruff on 2006-08-02
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Mine are in year-round thank goodness! They've started their new year 2 months ago.
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year-round school! nm
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3 months on and 1 month off, all year round.
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oh my production is cut in HALF!! wish we had year round school. nm
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We're in CA and have a lot of year-round schools. I like it better than the traditional schedule.
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My daughter already started 1st grade - year-round school. Yippee! (nm)
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Pros: Wonderful bonding. Flexible schedules. We "do" school on our time frame, no getting up at 5:30 a.m. to get the kids ready for school. We can take vacations whenever we want. My children have thrived. My oldest was in public school for 3-1/2 years, nearly destroyed not only his love of learning but his spirit. My children have had time to explore their own interests in detail. For us homeschooling is not what we do, it is a way of life. We do everything together - grocery shopping, doctor visits, yard work, cook, etc.
Depending on the laws in your state you can teach whatever you want, however you want. What works for me might not work for you and that is okay. It does take some trial and error though to find what works.
Unless you live in a very rural area there are lots of support groups with field trips, park days, activity days, etc. Most people think socialization is an issue, can't figure that one out though. Our kids participate in community sports, scouting, play with kids in the neighborhood, plus in my area we have a weekly activity day during the school year, we have park days throughout the year, we have at least monthly field trips, the Y caters to homeschoolers with all kinds of classes, we visit nursing homes and do a lot of socializing with young and old.
You don't have to worry about bullies, you don't have to worry about someone bringing a gun to school, you don't have to worry about having a school lock down while they bring in the drug sniffing dogs.
No one loves your child more than you and while there are some good schools and some good teachers, you can still do better. It is not written in stone either that if you homeschool you can't later put them in public/private school.
CONS: It is hard work, especially if you work FT on top of it. If you've ever had a child in school you may be like a lot of us who have a public school mentality and think you have to mimic the school situation, where you do every subject every day for 7 hours a day and it just isn't so. If you're child helps you cook that is life skills, not only learning to cook but learning math by measuring. You'll probably get lots of flack, especially about the "S" word as we call it (socialization), you're raising a momma's boy or a sissie, someone who will never be able to do for themselves, you're kid needs to learn the hard knocks of life.
Actually I think we'd both get out more when we homeschool
with the homeschool group activities, etc., but getting into the whole homeschool/perceived need for socialization with peers topic would really open a can of worms, wouldn't it? :)
We homeschool and we are all looking forward
to getting back to a structured learning time. Homeschooling is not something we do, it is a lifestyle, and we are constantly learning, but we have an "official" 180 days as required by our state.
homeschool and work
Hi, I homeschool my stepson, who is 10, and I also work full time at home. Please email me. The company I work for is hiring. They pay well and very flexible schedule. I also use an online homeschool program that is free. If your interested, email me and I can give you more information.
I homeschool and work...
It is not easy. I work at home at nights part time. I school a 2nd and 3rd grader during the day. I had my children in public school when the youngest was in Kindergarten and ended up pulling them out. The whole school situation was awful. I won't go into it all here but I was dealing with a child that needed help and a school that was not listening to me. Again my case was extreme but the whole situation stressed my husband and I out so much. We ended up pulling both children out because we feared for their safety, literally.
Our choice was to private school. Ha! Naive we were. Private schooling is very expensive and we did an exhaustive search in the area. The cheaper ones were awful, the most expensive were what we wanted, but couldn't afford.
So we turned to homeschooling and have kept at it. I cut back to part time work. "Home" though is a laugh - we do classes at home twice a week. The rest of the time we are at other groups to do classes. We do math and language arts at home. History, science, PE, music, Spanish, art, computers are all done in groups. Homeschooling here where I live is huge and many business have sprung up catering to this. We are able now to pick and choose classes to pay for. So we do 1/2 homeschool, 1/2 sort of private school. For us, it works great and I feel the kids get the best of both.
Is it easy? NO. Is it worth yet? YES. Until my kids can handle the pressure of a public school setting (or we move or win the lottery for private school placement), then this is what is best for them. My kids are protected from the worst of a group setting but I feel also exposed to the best of a group learning environment by the way we are educating them. Good luck to you. I hope it all works out.
First, be very sure of the reasons that you want to homeschool.
It is tougher beginning at such a late grade, but it can be done. I started my son in 9th grade 9 years ago, so obviously I know a little bit about it. I also had a great friend who homeschooled her high school kids, so she could get me started with a lot of support and encouragement. Be sure you're ready to be with this child 24/7, because that's pretty much how it will feel. We did have problems with the school but tried every avenue to solve them before saying, "We don't need to put up with this, we do have a choice," when the school counselor said that we didn't have a choice. They thought they ruled my son's world; they were WRONG. I AM HIS PARENT, I believe I do have his best interests in mind when making choices for him. We are a Christian family, so it was easy to start by investigating Abeka Books for materials; bear in mind you'll have to buy all your own materials, nobody helps with that. My son now has his degree and is IT manager at a bank, looking to make VP.
You'll need to check out the homeschooling laws for your state, they vary. Just do an internet search for homeschooling laws for your state. Check around for homeschool groups, there are several out there. But, the biggest thing is just to make sure that you and your child are committed to working together to do this. It does take a lot of commitment and communication to do this and do it right. BEST of luck to you whatever your choice.
So, PFFFT to the person who says kids need to be in school. I know better and obvious hundreds or thousands of others do too.
Maybe you should homeschool your kids if you don't want sm
them to be exposed to other religions and cultures? It shouldn't be offensive to hear songs about others' cultural and religious beliefs. If you feel so strongly, and you're not willing to examine yourself over the issue, then why not homeschool them or put them in a Christian school where they'll only be fed what you want and not have to hear anything else?
I homeschool my children and I get so very
tired of the "S" word. I think most people feel like we keep them locked in the house all day, doing school for 8 hours a day. They are community sports teams, the kids in the neighborhood, homeschool activities, park days, church, etc. There are some families who isolate themselves, but the majority do not. My kids are extremely social and on weekends we have a line at the door wanting them to come out and play. I told DH we needed to put up a sign on the door that they aren't here so kids will stop knocking. Not only are my kids very social, but they are as comfortable with someone 65 as they are with their own peers. My oldest DS has kids 5 to 6 years younger wanting him to come play because he plays so well with them and they look up to him.
Kids don't have much time to socialize in the public school setting and the socialization isn't always positive.
you will have more time when you homeschool
Your schedule is dictated by you, not by the gov't school.
Well I homeschool and that isn't the reason I do. Homeschoolers
for the most part are just normal people, some do it for religious reasons, some do it because they have a special needs child whose needs aren't met in the public school system, some do it due to medical issues. There are extremists in every segment of society, homeschoolers are no exception. This is a very sad situation and I knew that the homeschooling issue would be picked up on and picked to pieces. It is funny hearing all the news people trying to figure out how these 2 could have possibly met since they were homeschooled. Unfortunately there is a lot of ignorance out there and people are quick to condemn that that they know nothing about.
Since this has been on every news channel the past 48 hours I'm really surprised it has taken someone this long to post the comment you did.
Anyone homeschool their children and do MT from home? NM
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Anyone homeschool their children and also work at home?
I currently work for a hospital but am considering get a home job so I can also homeschool my 6-year-old. He is just having an awful time in school and I am getting sick of trying to work all day at the hospital and get phone calls from the school EVERY DAY.. I just feel like I need to be home. Any suggestions?
Honestly, I homeschool. Never once have my kids had a bellyache. nm
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Homeschool! Freedom! Great family bonding!
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round up also
Just noticed that they also round up if it is .50 or above. So maybe this evens things out.
oh the QA merry-go-round!
I just had a go-round with my 11yo this morning
She has been told more than once, no makeup - yet there she was this morning wearing eye makeup. I took it off her myself, which she did not like at all. Lip gloss I can live with but the rest will have to wait. She tells me "third graders at school wear makeup," and "the school lets us," to which I replied, 'their mother is not your mother, the school is not your mother, and you are not wearing makeup - end of discussion.' Don't know if you all have the problem with your young daughters trying to "push your buttons" like ours does (by this I mean she says/does things purposely to get a rise out of my husband or me, but mostly me). I have caught onto this manipulativeness, and now when it happens I remind myself I am the one in control, that I need to stay calm, and then I mete out the circumstances. Funny, but my calmness actually seems to infuriate her! Apropos, don't you think? 
those round bulbous things
I think you'll find that a great many breast augmentation procedures (you'll see them all through the www.implantinfo.com website) have that particular appearance. Go back and choose to look at the pictures from physicians rather than patients.
I think cost has a lot to do with it. The more expensive the procedure, the greater the likelihood of a more natural appearance.
I have a Dell Inspiron and there is a round
hole in the back just like they have on a desktop. I think it is a PS2. Mine has a picture of a mouse and keyboard underneath the hole. The foot pedal depends on what kind it is. I use a game port but don't have a game port so have to use an adaptor to convert it to a USB. I have a serial port which is 9-pin and it is right side my keyboard connection.
To "Typed in the USA," here's your chance to round up the other MTs!
I know there were many other MTs who expressed desire to form a new company - what a coinky dink that someone needs an MTSO with a group of MTs to take 5000 lines a day! Go for it :)
Oh...and email me if you need another gal :)
Speak for yourself. Her books go in the round file
has done nothing for transcription as far as I can see.
I learned proper grammar in school. I learned how to type in typing class. I follow the directions and policies of the company I'm working for at any given time.
That's about all a person needs. The world sure doesn't need Tessier. After all these years what did she ever do for MT?
I know I have no love lost for AAMT and those people. They are drawing a salary for what?? Why am I sitting here making less in 2005 than I did in 1995? And I am being offered even less on MQ's new platform?
Beats me. And how come sometimes they are those round bulbuous things?
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Would you make a 60 mile round trip every day
I have been driving back and fourth to a hospital for over a year. It is 30 miles away. I have to put two small children in daycare close to my home because it is more affordable then the ones close to where I work. This is another issue. If I have to take them to the doctor or if they have anything going on at the daycare that I can attend well, I have to take a full day off. The pay at this hospital is only 9 cpl so the pay is not what is really keeping me it is the bennies. $65/month covers my kids and I. It is excellent coverage too. We also have a 401k plan where they match. We also have flex spending, PTO which is about used up because we keep running out of work. We are only allowed to get sick 5 times a year, that includes family too if we have to take off. I have asked to work at home because they have home MTs. I used to be one of them but they moved me in house they did not like my slow internet connection. Now that we have cable internet available I asked if can go back home and they seem to give me the run around like it is either "not in their budget" or “maybe in a month or two” but that never comes. These outsourcing companies keep dancing around. I just really want to be back home closer to my kids and so I can eat lunch with my husband again. I do know that any job I get there will be pitfalls. I am just afraid of jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Is this for a conference, round-table discussion, or what? nm
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Dinner help! I have a beef round rump roast.. help!
 any interesting ideas?
Doesn't sound round, makes no sense.
drove 80 miles round trip to work for $5/hr...sm
sitting in a metal folding chair at a folding banquet table, banging away on a Selectric in a room full of smokers. This was a service that would UPS cassette tapes out to your home when you started working from home. Obviously this was 25 years ago. After two weeks, the owner let me go and told me he couldn't make money off of me, even at $5/hour. But then I applied at the hospital for a radiology transcription position (because now I had experience!) and they hired me because I was the only one who would work on Saturdays. When I consider what I had to go through to break into the field, makes me laugh when I see newbies fresh out of school with no experience asking for 6 cents a line to work from home...I guess just understand you do what you have to do to break into the field. That goes for every job that is hard to get into. 
I have to say I am just sick over the recent round of school violence
My daughter's Middle School implemented some new safety measures this year. Visitors have to be "buzzed in" and when the kids go from building to building they must use their ID cards to enter the doors.
But one day my daughter forgot her clarinet and my husband took it to her. We are talking about a "country-boy" looking man carrying a small black case. A teacher and her class was exiting the main building and the teacher actually held the door for my husband to enter as they were exiting. She had no idea who he was. Scary.
Anyway, it seems the Amish shooter targeted that school so he could avoid the security measures that have been established in most schools in recent years.
My heart goes out to the families who lost and for those sitting at the bedside of the remaining girls. I hope and pray they will recover.
Thanks for letting me ramble. This has really been on my mind a lot lately 
Sorry about typos, sheesh...been sick and today down for round 3 sm
of cold, bronchitis and mild pneumonia. Every time I get better I start in from the beginning with this illness! This is why I have settled for a significantly lower line rate to go where there are affordable benefits like health insurance so I can treat these things instead of being sick for over a month now and can't afford to go to the doctor because I can't work at my usual level. Goodness me.
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The hospital was bombed about a year ago, but not a lot of damage, very minimal damage.
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