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difficult child Update - Dropping Out of School
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 450742" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I'm going back a generation - to my own brother, rather than my kids - but for some kids, they really aren't ready for the pressures of "high school". They don't have the maturity to stick it out, to go through the process. And HE ended up with a MASTER'S degree. Got his minimum requirements to start University as a "mature adult"... and took the Dean's Medal on his first degree. So, dropping out NOW does not equal guaranteed failure in life.</p><p></p><p>Rule #1 is, there is no such thing as "free board and room". You are either:</p><p>A) studying something formal (homeschool, night-school, in "school", whatever), OR </p><p>B) working, OR </p><p>C) majorly pitching in around the house... cutting grass, washing windows, vacuuming, cooking, cleaning, etc. </p><p></p><p>In our house, you were allowed to combine stuff... so, working 10 hours/week (.25 FTE), and taking 2 upgrading classes (.4 FTE) meant you had to add a .35 FTE (or about 14 hours a week) of "helping" (on top of basic "everybody does something" chores - loading the dishwasher doesn't count, for example).</p><p>I did .8 school and .2 housework (worked out better than trying to manage a full load). Bro did .5 working and .5 helping. That was fine too. But everybody put in 40 hours a week of WORK at "something".</p><p></p><p>As far as working... is there anything even remotely skateboard-related around? like a skateboard shop? They might hire him, even part-time - he would at least be in his area of interest AND be learning a bit about "real life".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 450742, member: 11791"] I'm going back a generation - to my own brother, rather than my kids - but for some kids, they really aren't ready for the pressures of "high school". They don't have the maturity to stick it out, to go through the process. And HE ended up with a MASTER'S degree. Got his minimum requirements to start University as a "mature adult"... and took the Dean's Medal on his first degree. So, dropping out NOW does not equal guaranteed failure in life. Rule #1 is, there is no such thing as "free board and room". You are either: A) studying something formal (homeschool, night-school, in "school", whatever), OR B) working, OR C) majorly pitching in around the house... cutting grass, washing windows, vacuuming, cooking, cleaning, etc. In our house, you were allowed to combine stuff... so, working 10 hours/week (.25 FTE), and taking 2 upgrading classes (.4 FTE) meant you had to add a .35 FTE (or about 14 hours a week) of "helping" (on top of basic "everybody does something" chores - loading the dishwasher doesn't count, for example). I did .8 school and .2 housework (worked out better than trying to manage a full load). Bro did .5 working and .5 helping. That was fine too. But everybody put in 40 hours a week of WORK at "something". As far as working... is there anything even remotely skateboard-related around? like a skateboard shop? They might hire him, even part-time - he would at least be in his area of interest AND be learning a bit about "real life". [/QUOTE]
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