Oh my god what a week it has been
I have spoilered the first bit of parental rant but have a read if you like
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Well I no longer work at my temp job, I thought this would devastate me but hey it didn't, my step-son had some major issues at school this week, and the hardest realisation was that he is unable to cope yet with me working full time.
On Monday Joshua was really ill in the morning with hay fever and a chesty cough, because of the previous visits to the hospital, I decided to get josh into see the GP, and we were given new inhalers, and hay fever medication and some eye drops.
After this I sent him back to school, and waited to see if I was going to be called into pick him up again, but he managed to stay until the end.
But Tuesday came around and he left for school in a fairly good mood, but around 10am I was called and had to go to the school to sort him out, when I got there I was told that he has been becoming more aggressive and stressed with himself and his teachers over the last week and that he had gotten himself frown out of his room on 5 occasions that morning, and his PE lesson had been changed, plus he had a substitute teacher.
They asked me if I would have a talk with him and stay until at least lunch in his lessons with him, so I agreed.
Now Joshua has a really hard time handling change and when I entered his classroom, his substitute teacher was screaming at the class in the most irritating voice I have ever heard, I know quite a few people who have become teachers and have had my share of brilliant teachers myself, but this woman didn't have the first clue of how to speak to or control a class of 8 yr olds, by the end of the hour I could have happily killed her or slit my own wrists.
The school have said for us not to punish Joshua outside of the school for his behaviour while at school, but if I had gotten into trouble at school or spoken to my teachers in the way some of the kids were in that class I would have had a slapped arse and a good scream from my mum.
Joshua is constantly praised by myself and marc we read with him and help with his homework he has set boundaries and consequences if he crosses them, but this ignoring his behaviour at school very obviously isn't working and if the school are going to have to call me into sort him out because they can't help him I'm going to have to start punishing him too.
His behaviour is out of line and he has no excuses, I have asked them to give detentions and not pussy foot about, he need firm rules or he doesn't respond.
When we got home that day I grounded him from his computers and took his TV privileges away, he decided he was going to read to me out loud till dinner, so I sat through 2 hours if Biff and cat in the hat type books, dear god, what did I do, lol!!!
But through all of this his comments and the school is that he is not happy with finishing at school club at 6pm, so I have decided to leave the full time job and look for something part time.
Josh has to come first and I know this is the best choice for him for the time being.
My future plans!!!
Well while all this has been happening, I have been making a decision about my educational plans, and well what a bloody whirl wind that has been too.
I searched all the local colleges for something to excite me but nothing was jumping out at me, so I started widening my search to part time degrees and Open University courses, and well I found something that really excited me!
I have applied to ucas to go through clearing, so I can apply to the local universities.
But found the course that no matter how many times a navigated away to other pages I kept going back and re-reading the course information, it is a degree run by the University of Hertfordshire called Digital and lens media, if teaches Photography and some film and sound modules as well if I want to go down that route.
I called the university to talk to the admissions tutor, because I do not have enough ucas points to enter the course through the usual route and I also do not have a portfolio as its kind of short notice, I was passed through to the course professor Rebecca who was amazingly nice and she has basically said from talking to me and my enthusiasm for the course she thinks she will be happy to have me, and has asked me to come along to the university on the 14th and talk to her about the course, she has also asked me to come along with my laptop and even just a box of my family photos if that is all I have, so she can see my personality.
I'm half terrified and totally excited I think as this is the only course I really wanted to do when I left college with an A' level in photography, and I might be finally getting the chance to follow through with it, my application for student finance is in and just waiting for the reply.
I am really excited!!!!!
I think though that I'm going to spend some time going round with my camera's and try to get some new pictures, I need to see if my camera is working or if it need a service.
So what do you all think am I mad????
I think I might take my teacher training qualifications too one day, I would also like to think about teaching evening classes at colleges.
So what have all your weeks been like?
Ooohh and I know a few of you are pretty professional with the old photography can you recommend a good first Digital SLR, I will have up to 800 to spend on it??
hope you get to do the course, it sounds very interesting! are you interested in photography?
I'll make sure I give you a fair warning to save up for the enxt one.