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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Registered: 02-06-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:42pm
For which grades and which subjects?
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Registered: 02-06-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:44pm
Are there opportunities to be in a gifted class then for for him?
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Registered: 02-24-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:45pm
8th grade, Math and English, where your kids will take the test.
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Registered: 02-05-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:45pm

Lots of reasons:


1 -- not all parents are capable of that. Not all parents have the emotional, intelligence, time or financial resources to be that sort of help on a regular basis.
2 -- It can create an inaccurate picture of the child's abilities.

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Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:45pm

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So do I, what I said was that how a parent views homework/projects does not mean the parent views the education in the same way...not that it's not part of their education.


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Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:46pm

I don't know whether I'm comparing apples to apples here, but our school gets $3300 per kid. We also get a small additional amount for low-income and ESL kids (about $150/kid). We don't have much in the way of bells and whistles.

Our district uses the Ravens test for the initial screening (all 2d graders take it). It's a nonverbal test of reasoning.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:47pm

"The majority of the parents took individual children aside and listened to them read."

Why? Wasn't this included in the day? If these children needed extra help with reading, isn't there reading teachers provided that they would go to outside of the class?

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:48pm
Sorry but what test? My kids are in Kindergarten and 5th grade right now so I am not familiar with 8th grade things yet.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:48pm
I'd rather our school used it's resources for things other than assistants, when it has a large pool of highly educated and motivated parents willing to volunteer.
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Registered: 02-24-2009
Thu, 02-26-2009 - 1:49pm
That sounds almost impossibly low. Are you sure that is correct? I don't mean to pry, but would you divulge either the state or at least the region you are in?

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