How will the economy affect WOH/SAH?

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How will the economy affect WOH/SAH?
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Wed, 02-11-2009 - 1:09pm
How do you think the economy will affect decisions by women to stay at home versus work? With so many people losing jobs, do you think more women will be forced back into a job to help out (or take over) family finances? Is SAH parenting

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Registered: 03-11-2009
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 4:43pm
And...if it is a private school charging tuition, I am sure they will be doing their best to impress you at that time to make the decision to pick them.
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 4:46pm
You didn't answer my question. Unless your answer is that you just don't like some posters, so you will disagree with them, no matter what they say.
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 4:52pm
Not following you.
It is not a debate unless someone disagrees and I disagree. The evidence has shown with at least one poster that sitting in a classroom does not always work so I don't see the point.
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 4:59pm
I think the point is that just because it doesn't ALWAYS work, it can still be a very useful decision-making tool for many people. It's useful - not perfect. You are perceived as asserting that just because it's not perfect, it's useless. Therein lies the debate.
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 5:02pm

I asked you two questions (the so what was rhetorical): Like Mozart Sonata said, so what? Did anyone say you had to sit in the classroom? Why do you care if some parents do this?

And you have not answered those questions to say "it's a debate." So that would mean to that you had a change to disagree with someone, so you did, just to debate it. As opposed to actually having a real difference of opinion or idea.

Additionally, and more importantly, the evidence has in no way shown that if one poster sits in a classroom it "does not always work."

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"--Jack Nicholsen, as Colonol Nathan Jessup in "A Few Good Men"
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 5:09pm

I don't see how a poster only knowing that:

1. A parent was choosing a school for their child, sat in on a class as part of the process to determine whether to put their child in that school.

2. Enrolled their child in that school.

3. Later moved that child to another school.

And somehow Icarly knows that sitting in a classroom to help decide which school to put a kid in, did not work for that parent. (because later they moved, even though Ms. Carly does not know the reason for the move nor how long the child went to said school before the child moved to a different school.) Also she blanketly applies this hypothesis to anyone ever sitting in on a class and declares it to be a waste of time. I would call that an awful lot of leaps in judgment, none of them very skilled.

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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 5:31pm

I was specifically thinking about public schools.

However, I've been through this with private schools too, and had multiple opportunities during the admissions process to observe teachers in the classroom, talk with staff and administrators, talk with students, talk with parents, send the kids to shadow current students, etc. etc. etc... to get a well-rounded picture of the institution. I personally also sought out parents who were not admissions volunteers to talk to (in case the volunteer parents had a bias), parents of alumni, alumni themselves, and other resources I could think of to help me determine whether X School was the right place for my child or not. Cause if I'm going to pay them, it better be a good fit.

Now that I think about it, the public AND private schools I looked at both had these opportunities. It's just that IMO the private schools had a greater burden of proof.

Again, for some parents this might be overkill. For me, it was simply due diligence. I was happy to go put in the time and effort.

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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 6:09pm

Straw Man. She never claimed that it always worked. She only claimed that it gave helpful information when making a decision. The conclusion that helpful information must be infallible information was yours alone.

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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 6:10pm
Yes, you are right and I am wrong, end of discussion-thanks for the debate-lol!!
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Mon, 03-23-2009 - 9:29pm
Great, I'm so glad that issue is resolved!
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