<p>“This screw up has already affected his life significantly. He may not be able to get a job working with kids, but he’s not a child molester. What, specifically, makes him an inappropriate volunteer with kids? There are more people that you might think in public life who have had all kinds of misdemeanor charges dropped.”</p>
<p>Because his difficulties have been so recent, I don’t think it’s a good idea for him to be working with children now. He is very early into sobriety and has a lot to learn himself about functioning in a nondysfunctional way. </p>
<p>Would you want someone who had his recent troubles volunteering with your young children? It’s not as if his problems occurred several years ago. He himself probably has a lot of healing to do, too, from the loss of his mother, something that his drug use probably prevented him from doing.</p>
<p>*Because his difficulties have been so recent, I don’t think it’s a good idea for him to be working with children now. He is very early into sobriety and has a lot to learn himself about functioning in a nondysfunctional way.
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<p>I spent the weekend with my oldest D- she is 28 and is starting a MAT( masters of arts in teaching) program in the fall. She has spent the summer, as she has the past several years, working with children in the capacity of a science camp director.</p>
<p>She has * a lot of experience* and maturity. Working with children is incredibly stressful- they are watching your every move and word and you have to be very aware of that always.</p>
<p>Kids are incredibly influenced by adults, especially by people they perceive as younger than their parents but they have trouble screening out acceptable behaviors by the people they are trying to emulate. Instead, they copy everything.
So draining not energizing.</p>
<p>Kids are great, don’t get me wrong- but for someone that has to still work through * why these other poor decisions were made*- I feel that * he needs a mentor* and is not ready to be a mentor himself for others.</p>
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<p>Many colleges would consider you a transfer if you took a college class this fall. Applying as a transfer very much limits your opportunities for merit aid.</p>
<p>I haven’t yet seen any schools with such transfer policies. could you please link me to a few that will consider me a transfer for taking a few credits in a non-degree seeking program?</p>
<p>Before you register to take a class this fall, check with the schools you’ll be applying to see if taking a college class, any college class, would turn you into a transfer student. If it would, find out if the school has more merit aid for freshmen than for transfers. </p>
<p>Results from Google: Here are the first half a dozen colleges that popped up - these look as if they would consider you a transfer if you took a colleges class in the fall.</p>
<p>“Students should apply for admission as transfer students if they have previously completed any credit courses at the college level after high school graduation, with the exception of those who attend college during the summer immediately after high school graduation (first-time freshmen).” UTSA
“Applicants with previous college credit, earned after graduation from high school, must apply as transfer students.” Kansas State
“Students who have attended any other educational institution after graduating from high school must apply as transfer students.” Kent State
“Students who have earned college credit after secondary school graduation apply as transfer students.” Hamline University
“How does William & Mary define a transfer student?
A transfer student is anyone who wishes to enroll in an undergraduate degree program at William & Mary and has attended another college or university after graduating from high school. If you have earned only advanced placement credit or college credit while attending high school, you are not considered a transfer student.” W&M
“If you have taken classes at a post-secondary institution other than UNM-Taos, you must apply as a transfer student.” UNM-Taos</p>