What would YOU have to do to SAH?

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What would YOU have to do to SAH?
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Fri, 02-13-2009 - 5:09pm

If you're a WOH/WAH mom, what sort of "downsizing" would you need to do in order to afford to be a SAHM? (SAHM defined here as not earning any money)

For me, I would have to put all our non-essential possessions in storage and move in with my parents.

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 9:41am

that attitude makes me crazy -- those are the kids who aren't going to know what to do the first time they fail at somethign, the first time they have to try again -- the first time they don't finish first --

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 10:09am
Ugh. I was happy to hear the new Principal at our Middle School say she wants students challenged and to take higher level classes that will cause them to think and work. She came from being a VP at a High School and said she would rather see someone take the AP class and get a B than take the easy A in the regular class. (Interestingly,now that the grading scale has been changed, the student's GPA would be the same.)
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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 10:11am

That's interesting; it's more similar than I realized. Does the school send information out in multiple languages? Our school sends everything out in English and in Spanish, but only a few teachers are bilingual, so the individual communications with parents are mostly in English.

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 10:57am

"when a teacher (unintentionally) marks answers wrong when they are really right,do you take that up with her? "

Yes and I have. Dylan was learning measurments (I can't remember the grade 1st or 2nd, I think). One of the questions on his math paper was "how long was a bicycle?" I said 2 yards; the teacher wanted 6 feet. But the directions on the paper didn't say that the answer had to be in feet. I pointed it out to the teacher and she remarked the question correct. And then we both had a laugh over it.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:30am

Exactly. And for some people, seeing it in person, visualizing it, makes it more real than just reading about it.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:37am

Actually, no. Everything is sent out in Swedish. It would be nearly impossible to cover all of the languages spoken by the families. The list includes: Chinese, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Czech, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese...and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting about. All teachers are able to speak English (all Swedes are pretty fluent in English), so that sometimes becomes the common language if the parents don't speak Swedish. Otherwise, I think it's technically possible to get interpreters.

Most kids are actually fairly fluent in Swedish by the time they get to school (thanks to years in Swedish daycare), but the parents aren't always. Ds was one of the few kids who literally didn't speak a word of Swedish when he started in kindergarten. A couple of kids have arrived from other countries in later grades and required a crash-course in Swedish. Most have done very well after a year or two of catch-up. The parents definitely struggled for a few years until the got the hang of Swedish. English helps, but not with homework :-).

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:41am

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Why do you think it's necessary to expect parents and family to help with an elementary school child's homework?

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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:43am

Then how can the school expect them to help and assign family projects if that excludes a part of the student body?


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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:45am

Very wise words.


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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:47am
Yikes! That's a lot of languages. We've got enough issues at our school with just one extra language.

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