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would you do this?

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nappyaddict · 04/02/2008 11:34

if you worked nights and your child was always in bed and asleep before you went out and never wakes up, would you give your neighbour who was wellknown to your child the baby monitor to keep an ear out on the offchance that they do wake up and a key to get in on that offchance rather than giving up work? (a babysitter costs more than i earn an hour)

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Alambil · 05/02/2008 22:09

GCSE tutoring could literally be to support the school work... so the teacher would do the main bit and you go to kid's house to help with homework/coursework etc and things they need extra help on that the teacher hasn't got time to go over; could be anything from basic words to sentences etc.

I think.

Alambil · 05/02/2008 22:09

just sent to a request

notjustmom · 05/02/2008 22:10

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Thomcat · 05/02/2008 22:11

oh you idiot of so many counts. I've just read every post, missed the beginning of a good programme, spoken to Dp about it and was just about to post.
You massive time waster, ridiculous.

Alambil · 05/02/2008 22:12

er thomcat???!

notjustmom · 05/02/2008 22:13

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mynaughtylittlesister · 05/02/2008 22:13

NA, please re think your priorities! I had a cousin who died after choking on his own vomit! Honest, he was 5yrs old. My Aunt and Uncle had a monitor in his room as he was in the attic. They never heard him choke. In the morning, wen he did not bound into their room, they thought that he was having a lay in - in fact he was dead! I was 13 at the time, I still remember the funeral, so sad!

notjustmom · 05/02/2008 22:14

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Thomcat · 05/02/2008 22:15

Oh I got to her admission post and thought it was recent, didn't realised it had moved on hours ago.
Still annoyed i wasted so much tie on this thread though.

Alambil · 05/02/2008 22:15

hardly the OPs fault though!

notjustmom · 05/02/2008 22:16

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Rhubarb · 05/02/2008 22:17

I've had this horrible urge, since seeing this thread title, to just jump in and post YES without reading the OP.

Now I've read the OP and aren't I glad I didn't do that!

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 22:18

lewis fan - it is 2 underscores not 1.

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Alambil · 05/02/2008 22:18

oh silly me! will do it again

mynaughtylittlesister · 05/02/2008 22:20

I will not even leave DD who is almost 8 at night when DH is away and I have to pick the other 2DDs from Guides. We are only talking minutes away her too, I would never be able to live myself! Even if they were sick and ok, I would feel very very bad. (I do not do sick lightly I can tell you!)

Rhubarb · 05/02/2008 22:21

NA - Learning Support Assistant. School hours, part time, school holidays off, no experience required in many cases, just lots of patience and a sense of humour.

Contact your local school and ask them about this. Volunteer a couple of mornings a week to get your foot in the door.

Thomcat · 05/02/2008 22:24

Well it's moved on and that's great, just wish I hadn't been alarmed and wasted time on a time waster. Know to avoid certain posts now though so that's good at least.

mynaughtylittlesister · 05/02/2008 22:24

Rhubarb, that is exactly what I did, and now I have a very nice job in a school working mornings with the occasional afternoon thrown in! And very happy I am too!

notjustmom · 05/02/2008 22:25

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Thomcat · 05/02/2008 22:26

LOL! No not entirely

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 22:31

is that the same as a teaching assistant? i was under the impression there was some sort of certificate needed for that.

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frostymorning · 05/02/2008 22:32

I think that it's really commendable that you want to take a job and be independent. However, it is just not safe to leave your little one alone in the house overnight with just a neighbour listening out over the babymonitor. Hopefully nothing would go wrong but if it did then you would always regret it and wish to put the clock back to do things differently for the sake of a few ££.

Why don't you just decide that the job you're thinking of isn't for you at this point in your life and see if you can find something that combines better with your personal circumstances. I'm sure that you will be able to find something in time.

Rhubarb · 05/02/2008 22:34

You can do evening classes for a year to get an NCFE cert that will qualify you to be a teaching assistant. But some schools will take you without if you have the experience, volunteering is a good way to get in.

Big up your qualifications, you already have experience of teaching children - you're a mother! Learning Support Assistant is slightly different in that you are providing support for children with learing difficulties, I don't know if you have any experience of this. Have a word with the Head of your local school and find out what is the minimum they would expect.

sweetgrapes · 05/02/2008 22:36

omg, no

actually NO

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 22:44

ok shall i bother putting down that i did the first year of a degree cos i don't actually have anything to show for it.

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