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RTSDaddy2:
After being unemployed for over a year and a half, I FINALLY have a new full-time permanent job as a teacher.  It will begin on July 28th, and I will be teaching 6th grade.

I know this has been going on with me for a while - the jobs I had mentioned before that I thought I might get...well, I didn't.  I've been doing full time temp work for a while now to keep the family afloat.  This new job will allow Mom to stay home and homeschool our child as well, which is what we were looking for.

So much to tell about it I wouldn't know where to begin...except to say that when I finally accepted it I felt great about it (it took me a few days to say yes).

Many, many thanks to all those who have kept good thoughts and prayers coming this way.  Could not have done it without you!

Jdurg:
I hope I'm not inciting a flame war, or getting to personal here, but I'm just curious about the home-schooling decision.  Is it because you are in an area where the daily trip into school is very time consuming?  I'm just curious how the social aspect of schooling will be handled.  (I gather that you have that figured out already, but I'm a curious folk and always looking to learn more about things I'm not familiar with).

 :cheers:

Franco B:
Congrats, this is obviously something you have wanted and have been waiting for and im happy for you.  :applaud:

RTSDaddy2:
Jdurg,

Not inciting anything here....be glad to answer as best I can :).

Our child is 5 1/2, and she's a very sensitive little soul.  Now do not misread that: I'm not trying to protect her from other kids hurting her feelings; in fact, while I've been out of work, she's been in a daycare center while Mommy and I both did part to full time jobs, or temp jobs.  So she's had that happen a lot.

Who I'm protecting, for now, is me, as selfish as that is.  We could afford for her to attend the school I'll be teaching at, but I'm not sure I'm ready yet to have her come "looking for me" every time something doesn't go her way.  Who knows? Maybe she wouldn't, maybe I'm just overthinking, but again that's part of it - I don't wish to start a new career wondering every day when she may decide she needs her daddy.

In so far as the social interation goes, my wife is in the process of looking up local homeschool groups of parents.  They have big playdates from time to time;  also, as our family is active in our church, my kid attends Sunday school regularly.  She has several friends in her class, but she and one little girl have play dates nearly every weekend. 

How does she handle social interaction where she doesn't know the kids? Very well, I thank you.  We make frequent trips to McDonald's and she'll play with any kid there, provided they're not "screechy."  Ruby's ears are very sensitive, and she doesn't deal well with screaming playmates, but I've seen her play for an hour or better with kids she doesn't even know on several occasions.

Finally, my wife had bad experiences in her public school life, and the schools around us are not necessarily noted for their strength in education.

That's probably a bit longer explanation than you bargained for, but that's pretty much where we are on the subject in a nutshell.  When she gets older, if SHE tells us she wants to go to school, we've already decided we'll let her....just in these formative years, my wife feels better - as do I - if my wife leads the charge. :)


--- Quote from: Franco B on May 24, 2008, 06:13:05 pm ---Congrats, this is obviously something you have wanted and have been waiting for and im happy for you.  :applaud:

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Thank you.  The waiting was the hardest part - I turned down two or three jobs because things just didn't feel right.  That was really hard....but I knew that particular principal type and I would not get along,and I didn't feel like starting all over again within a year's time.  There's a lot of room for growth at my new school, and I intend to take as much advantage of it as I can.  It was refreshing to hear they hoped I would be around for a long time - just what I'm hoping for too!

Jdurg:
That was a great explanation RTS.  Thanks.  I was just curious about how social aspects were handled and it sounds like you've got that well handled.   :applaud:  Congrats on the job too, though it sounds like you won't get much time to play games now.   :P

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