Post by IDBUG on Aug 2, 2007 19:17:19 GMT -5
OK, big babble/b!tch session for me....
today has just zoomed by, and I'm completely freaked out.
My daughter has been on a school's waiting list for a long time (over a year), and now she's been accepted. But, now that we have what we've been wanting, I'm really freaked out. Why? Because this school tells me to expect 2.5 to 3 hours of homework a night.
Bottom line: it looks like a good school, BUT: I don't want my kid to be overwhelmed or burn out.
On the other hand, at the school she's at now, she's learned various interesting things from the science teacher, including that saying 'the lord's name in vain' will get you humiliated in front of the class, and that the CIA may have had something to do with President Kennedy's assassination, and, of course, evolution is wrong.
So. The rest of the school really is pretty good, but that science teacher's off his nut. I've been worried that they weren't giving my kid enough homework, even, or that she was not learning good study habits because the homework load is very minimal (which is nice for me, but...)
Yikes, I'm getting off track. Anyway, kid wants to go to the new school, but I'm not sure she's seeing the big picture of 3 hours of homework every night. I'm pretty worried that this is going to turn into failure for her and stress and pain for both of us.
But at the same time, I'm worried that if we don't do it, we'll always wonder if she could have succeeded. This school goes through 12th grade, and if it fits for her, then it would be perfect. She wouldn't have to move again. If it doesn't.... move move move.
I'm too tired to even write any more of my stress... there's been too much today. I would have thought such decisions wouldn't be so difficult.
Joys of motherhood, I guess.
today has just zoomed by, and I'm completely freaked out.
My daughter has been on a school's waiting list for a long time (over a year), and now she's been accepted. But, now that we have what we've been wanting, I'm really freaked out. Why? Because this school tells me to expect 2.5 to 3 hours of homework a night.
Bottom line: it looks like a good school, BUT: I don't want my kid to be overwhelmed or burn out.
On the other hand, at the school she's at now, she's learned various interesting things from the science teacher, including that saying 'the lord's name in vain' will get you humiliated in front of the class, and that the CIA may have had something to do with President Kennedy's assassination, and, of course, evolution is wrong.
So. The rest of the school really is pretty good, but that science teacher's off his nut. I've been worried that they weren't giving my kid enough homework, even, or that she was not learning good study habits because the homework load is very minimal (which is nice for me, but...)
Yikes, I'm getting off track. Anyway, kid wants to go to the new school, but I'm not sure she's seeing the big picture of 3 hours of homework every night. I'm pretty worried that this is going to turn into failure for her and stress and pain for both of us.
But at the same time, I'm worried that if we don't do it, we'll always wonder if she could have succeeded. This school goes through 12th grade, and if it fits for her, then it would be perfect. She wouldn't have to move again. If it doesn't.... move move move.
I'm too tired to even write any more of my stress... there's been too much today. I would have thought such decisions wouldn't be so difficult.
Joys of motherhood, I guess.
