Re: Good News to Share
Brenda Rose
I've written in the past few weeks that my 13 (almost 14) yo ds is planning
to go to high school this fall, although he's never been in school and never
had any structured schooling at home. We had decided to let him choose,
although it definitely would disrupt our very casual life-style. I have two
younger boys who have no desire to go, so we would be living on
school-schedule for one child.
Well, he told me last night that he's been thinking about it and he doesn't
think he wants to go after all. He is wanting to get a job, but had already
decided that he wouldn't because he was only going to work for about six
weeks, then quit when school starts. He didn't think that would be fair to
an employer (to be trained, then quit) but he also didn't think that he
should keep a job if he was starting school as that could be way too much
stress. Now he says that he would rather get a job and earn his own money
and not bother with school. He's so busy with his computer work (and he
tells me, it IS real work) - making websites, helping others with their
websites, creating and sharing games and testing others' games, that I think
he finally realized that he'd have almost no time for that with school. He
wants to just work maybe two days/week (which is all he really can at age 14
anyway) and have the rest of his time free for his computer activities.
Hooray!
Brenda
to go to high school this fall, although he's never been in school and never
had any structured schooling at home. We had decided to let him choose,
although it definitely would disrupt our very casual life-style. I have two
younger boys who have no desire to go, so we would be living on
school-schedule for one child.
Well, he told me last night that he's been thinking about it and he doesn't
think he wants to go after all. He is wanting to get a job, but had already
decided that he wouldn't because he was only going to work for about six
weeks, then quit when school starts. He didn't think that would be fair to
an employer (to be trained, then quit) but he also didn't think that he
should keep a job if he was starting school as that could be way too much
stress. Now he says that he would rather get a job and earn his own money
and not bother with school. He's so busy with his computer work (and he
tells me, it IS real work) - making websites, helping others with their
websites, creating and sharing games and testing others' games, that I think
he finally realized that he'd have almost no time for that with school. He
wants to just work maybe two days/week (which is all he really can at age 14
anyway) and have the rest of his time free for his computer activities.
Hooray!
Brenda
[email protected]
In a message dated 6/23/04 9:41:25 AM, rosebl@... writes:
<< He
wants to just work maybe two days/week (which is all he really can at age 14
anyway) and have the rest of his time free for his computer activities. >>
If you write a letter his employer can keep on file, you can tell him that
your homeschooling schedule is not bound to the school's, and you can declare
"days off" of the days he would work. They can't have kids working certain
hours when it's not vacation, but your school's "vacation" doesn't have to match
the school's.
It might be something you can work around. Search online for the state
policies for hiring younger kids. We did that when Kirby was hired at 14 and it
was really not as oppressive as we or the employer had feared.
Sandra
<< He
wants to just work maybe two days/week (which is all he really can at age 14
anyway) and have the rest of his time free for his computer activities. >>
If you write a letter his employer can keep on file, you can tell him that
your homeschooling schedule is not bound to the school's, and you can declare
"days off" of the days he would work. They can't have kids working certain
hours when it's not vacation, but your school's "vacation" doesn't have to match
the school's.
It might be something you can work around. Search online for the state
policies for hiring younger kids. We did that when Kirby was hired at 14 and it
was really not as oppressive as we or the employer had feared.
Sandra