hdrolfe
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- Feb 16, 2014
I'm still waiting for the school board and the school to announce their intentions based on the new information from the province. I still plan to send kiddo to school. He is anxious to see his friends and get back to learning something. Ironically, he hasn't played a game on his computer or xbox in a few days, though he is still watching youtube and tiktok, and he has been so good. He is wanting to help, learn how to cook things, spend time with me... remarkable what a change in his personality when he gets off those games. So yes, I hope he will stay off them and back to school means less time for them.
I am prepared to keep him home if he has a cough/sniffle, and will work from home if necessary those days, and hopefully those kids will be able to do some of the online stuff those days as well.
Back to school shoe shopping in a few weeks, his backpack and stuff from last year got less use so should still be good for another year. But shoes, he is so hard on his shoes!
I've been reading a lot of opinions on facebook and such, so many people who aren't parents have opinions they feel quite willing to share. And I do wish they would make the classes smaller as well. I still hope they will be as some people chose to keep their kids home. He has been lucky, his biggest class was last year at 23 kids. The other grade 5 class was the same, so 46 grade 6 kids this year unless there are new enrollments. It would be nice if they got split into 3 classes, but if even 6 kids stay home and they split into 2 groups, I am ok with that. I emailed the school, the new principal actually emailed me back quite quickly, and hopefully he'll be with the kids he's already playing with.
I imagine if this was a different school year, or he was at a different school, my opinion could be different. Everyone's situation is different and one little thing can make such a difference. If he was at a more populated school, if he was in kindergarten, or going into high school. So many things could change this.
We did talk about homeschooling, and online schools, he also thought if he could stay home he'd get more time to play games and watch videos, umm no. But I think if I did decide to homeschool I'd go for more of the "unschooling" approach. And that is still in my back pocket should things go sideways on the back to school stuff, or even if we all get locked down again. I just want him to learn something this year. And let him be able to play with his friends.
I am prepared to keep him home if he has a cough/sniffle, and will work from home if necessary those days, and hopefully those kids will be able to do some of the online stuff those days as well.
Back to school shoe shopping in a few weeks, his backpack and stuff from last year got less use so should still be good for another year. But shoes, he is so hard on his shoes!
I've been reading a lot of opinions on facebook and such, so many people who aren't parents have opinions they feel quite willing to share. And I do wish they would make the classes smaller as well. I still hope they will be as some people chose to keep their kids home. He has been lucky, his biggest class was last year at 23 kids. The other grade 5 class was the same, so 46 grade 6 kids this year unless there are new enrollments. It would be nice if they got split into 3 classes, but if even 6 kids stay home and they split into 2 groups, I am ok with that. I emailed the school, the new principal actually emailed me back quite quickly, and hopefully he'll be with the kids he's already playing with.
I imagine if this was a different school year, or he was at a different school, my opinion could be different. Everyone's situation is different and one little thing can make such a difference. If he was at a more populated school, if he was in kindergarten, or going into high school. So many things could change this.
We did talk about homeschooling, and online schools, he also thought if he could stay home he'd get more time to play games and watch videos, umm no. But I think if I did decide to homeschool I'd go for more of the "unschooling" approach. And that is still in my back pocket should things go sideways on the back to school stuff, or even if we all get locked down again. I just want him to learn something this year. And let him be able to play with his friends.