Post by The_L on Apr 18, 2010 6:27:02 GMT -5
OK, there's a job opening available for a homeschool teacher/nanny. I would live with them (so I wouldn't have to pay rent or utilities) and I would travel with them, apparently at their expense (these sound like some seriously rich folks, so I figure this is a safe assumption).
On afternoons and evenings when stay-at-home-Mom isn't shuttling kids back and forth to extracurricular activities, I would be free to come and go as I please. Plus, because I'd have few expenses, I could really save up a LOT of cash.
The only thing that makes me hesitant about all this is the fact that they want me to use the A Beka curriculum.
I was taught using A Beka until I was in 8th grade. And the thing is, most of their books are really rather good (until middle-school science, when they degenerate into a flaming pile of fail). They insert Jesus in a lot of unusual places, but since this is a Christian family with a stay-at-home-mom who wants to pay other people to homeschool, I honestly wouldn't expect much different.
However, I, as we all know, am not a Christian. I only grudgingly go along with the whole church thing now because I am living under my parents' roof. I also don't like the idea that if I'm still working for this family when the kids are in middle school, I will have to lie to them, forcefully and repeatedly, about evolution and the history of life. (The 8th grade science book actually says that humans are not mammals because we have souls and mammals, being animals, don't.)
In short, my wallet says "Go for it!" My desire to travel says "Hey, free travel to wherever in the world these people go--awesome!" My conscience says, "Holy fuck, I do not want to lie to children." My inner Pagan says, "I've been hiding for two years, why the fuck am I considering a job that would force me to stay in the broom closet?"
My mother says this will be excellent teaching experience, I'm good with kids, and I'll be able to save up a fuckton of money. (Before you ask, no, she hasn't told me what the job pays--I don't even know if she knows. All I know is that she REALLY likes the idea of me getting this job, or she wouldn't have mentioned it the second time.) As my friends can attest, I am absolutely horrible at standing up to my parents.
Am I being stupid for not wanting this job? Am I stupid for thinking there is even a chance I could enjoy this job? What should I say to my mother about this?
On afternoons and evenings when stay-at-home-Mom isn't shuttling kids back and forth to extracurricular activities, I would be free to come and go as I please. Plus, because I'd have few expenses, I could really save up a LOT of cash.
The only thing that makes me hesitant about all this is the fact that they want me to use the A Beka curriculum.
I was taught using A Beka until I was in 8th grade. And the thing is, most of their books are really rather good (until middle-school science, when they degenerate into a flaming pile of fail). They insert Jesus in a lot of unusual places, but since this is a Christian family with a stay-at-home-mom who wants to pay other people to homeschool, I honestly wouldn't expect much different.
However, I, as we all know, am not a Christian. I only grudgingly go along with the whole church thing now because I am living under my parents' roof. I also don't like the idea that if I'm still working for this family when the kids are in middle school, I will have to lie to them, forcefully and repeatedly, about evolution and the history of life. (The 8th grade science book actually says that humans are not mammals because we have souls and mammals, being animals, don't.)
In short, my wallet says "Go for it!" My desire to travel says "Hey, free travel to wherever in the world these people go--awesome!" My conscience says, "Holy fuck, I do not want to lie to children." My inner Pagan says, "I've been hiding for two years, why the fuck am I considering a job that would force me to stay in the broom closet?"
My mother says this will be excellent teaching experience, I'm good with kids, and I'll be able to save up a fuckton of money. (Before you ask, no, she hasn't told me what the job pays--I don't even know if she knows. All I know is that she REALLY likes the idea of me getting this job, or she wouldn't have mentioned it the second time.) As my friends can attest, I am absolutely horrible at standing up to my parents.
Am I being stupid for not wanting this job? Am I stupid for thinking there is even a chance I could enjoy this job? What should I say to my mother about this?