This is totally a vent. Sorry but I know that some of you guys know my level of frustration. We begun HS last yr and love it, it fits well for our family and its situation. Yes we have had our kinks but I feel taht they are working their way out if they are not out already.
Anyways, my aunt (who raised me along w/my grandparents) is not supportive of us HS. Today she called and was like "so have you found a school for x yet?" "no were HS again" she basically went on to say that I should put my son in a school so he can be socialized and know all those things they do in school.....line up, raise hands, take turns. ummm , yeah my son knows how to do those things and yes he has friends
. See we are a military family and one of the biggest hurdles for us is continuity of education, that is one reason we chose HS. Nope not good enough reason according to my aunt
: second we live in a very high cost area, private school can and does run at least $1500-2000 a month. Even though we qualified for a scholarship we still would have eaten a LARGE chunk of savings to be even able to pay the basic tuition (not including uniforms,fees,books and so on) plus we have a SN son and we really didnt feel comfortable using that "safety cushion" $$ for that. The public schools are a deal breaker in our opinion, we would not want our children there.
So here is her grand plan. I get a job to pay for private school and then worry about daycare for the younger son. So I wouldnt make ends meet and therefor still need to pull $ out of my A** and work over 40 a week. Which would definately cut into my family time, oh did I mention DH is in the military so I will also have to be super mom w/FT job and still not make ends meet. Great idea no?
insert sarcastic smiley) Oh and in her "fairy tale" world the DCP will take DS to his therapy sessions/medical appts/testing (he has a hearing impairment and is SN)
ERRRRRRRR!!!!
Anyways, my aunt (who raised me along w/my grandparents) is not supportive of us HS. Today she called and was like "so have you found a school for x yet?" "no were HS again" she basically went on to say that I should put my son in a school so he can be socialized and know all those things they do in school.....line up, raise hands, take turns. ummm , yeah my son knows how to do those things and yes he has friends
. See we are a military family and one of the biggest hurdles for us is continuity of education, that is one reason we chose HS. Nope not good enough reason according to my aunt
: second we live in a very high cost area, private school can and does run at least $1500-2000 a month. Even though we qualified for a scholarship we still would have eaten a LARGE chunk of savings to be even able to pay the basic tuition (not including uniforms,fees,books and so on) plus we have a SN son and we really didnt feel comfortable using that "safety cushion" $$ for that. The public schools are a deal breaker in our opinion, we would not want our children there.So here is her grand plan. I get a job to pay for private school and then worry about daycare for the younger son. So I wouldnt make ends meet and therefor still need to pull $ out of my A** and work over 40 a week. Which would definately cut into my family time, oh did I mention DH is in the military so I will also have to be super mom w/FT job and still not make ends meet. Great idea no?
insert sarcastic smiley) Oh and in her "fairy tale" world the DCP will take DS to his therapy sessions/medical appts/testing (he has a hearing impairment and is SN)ERRRRRRRR!!!!
