Anya's First Day of Public School - Today
Nellie just brought Anya to Elementary School. A lot of prayer went into this day. She got to sit next to one of the Wright girls that Nellie used to do childcare for. We tried homeschooling Anya, but found her learning style did not fit well with home schooling. We enrolled her in the 3rd grade to help her not get too far behind. We do think Anya will struggle quite a bit, and I'm worried for the teacher, because Anya has been very strident in her ability to study. But, as Nellie said last night, a lot of the Ukrainian children are charmers when you meet them, so perhaps the teacher will have a good few weeks of goodwill. We plan to enroll Samuel as well, likely in a preschool program next year. The chief concern with enrolling them is the worldly influence that is thrust upon the kids, but having help educating your child sounds like a nice idea right now.