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Skriven 2009-01-08 14:25:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19271 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> I'll be going this afternoon. Staples mostly
->  hn> and vitamins.

-> The usuals. Seems like eggs, orange juice, yogurt and fruit are always
-> on my list--left hand side.  Right hand side always includes non food
-> items like paper towels, vitamins, etc.

 hn> Now that's funny! I put the foodstuffs
 hn> on the right column, and the non food
 hn> on the left!

I'm left handed. (G)
-> Can't prove it by me as I don't drink coffee.

 hn> I make about 2 pots a week, and
 hn> try not to drink too much at a
 hn> time, but I do like my coffee!

I never developed a taste for it.

->  hn> It's tough in public school, because no
->  hn> child can be turned away regardless of
->  hn> really impact the amount of attention
->  hn> that is available for the class as a whole.

-> Yes, and it seems the teacher's hands are tied as to what can be done to
-> control the child.

 hn> Ain't THAT the truth!

Sad to say, but yes, it is true.

->  hn> The first set of parents were just lazy
->  hn> get the kids off to school. Both parents
->  hn> have drug convictions and everyone
->  hn> is fairly sure they have not changed

-> IMO, that child is better off in a home (foster type?) where the
-> discipline of going to school is enforced.

 hn> The child would be better off, but
 hn> it's not likely to happen, unless
 hn> the parents both get busted at
 hn> the same time...which could be
 hn> quite likely considering how
 hn> "smart" they are.

Then for the child's sake, the sooner, the better.

->  hn> their ways...Child Protective Services
->  hn> is what finally forced them to put the
->  hn> kids into school. The child is bright enough

-> Maybe there's a change slowly starting?  We can hope so, anyway.

 hn> I hold out faint hope for this kid,
 hn> he gets his only positive influences
 hn> from school.

But, there is a chance things will turn in his favor.

-> -> 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> There are a lot of resources for homeshooled
->  hn> kids...but the parents have to want to be
->  hn> involved in them.

-> I know; we thought about it but the materials weren't as readily
-> available when our girls were younger.  Went to Germany for 6 years and
-> came back to a home school explosion......all kinds of material
-> available.

 hn> Maybe it's an east coast
 hn> thing, seems like there's always
 hn> been a lot of resources here on the
 hn> west coast. Anne has a cousin who
 hn> lives down in California, and she
 hn> homeschooled both of her boys all

We just didn't know where to begin looking.  Rachel started school in CA
in 1983.  Of the 4 kindergarten classes our girls were in, the one in CA
was the best. (That one and one in San Angelo, TX for Rachel; Copperas
Cove, TX and Fort Hood, TX for Deborah)

 hn> the way. Both were accepted into
 hn> top notch colleges as well. Both boys
 hn> are seeming to turn out quite well.
 hn> But Anne's cousin made sure that
 hn> they got a well rounded education,
 hn> and there was a whole community
 hn> of folks who were like minded so
 hn> they formed sort of a "co-op" for
 hn> homeschooled kids.

It's harder for families that move often (military or otherwise) to tie
into those networks when they first move to a community. Unless the
community makes known that there is a home school network thru whatever
means, parents are on their own.  Deborah was part of a mother's
co-operative pre school in Copperas Cove; one of the other mothers in it
was a neighbor of ours and asked if we were interested in joining.  It
meant that I did some of the teaching but it was worth it.

-> ->  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


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