Blueskies wrote:Do as you will, but since you asked everyone...my 2 cents is, I would go for it. We all can learn things from books and film but to really get a better understanding of the world, different people, cultures and landscapes...a better understanding of life, in general..... is to experience it/them first hand. Right now your children only have an understanding of their parents and the small Texan world around them and what the media feeds them that they've seen, so, although it may be hard at first to let go of the comfort zone of what they have known, it will be good for them to expand their horizons and a good lesson in how to change and adapt and become less fearful of change and other parts of the world which they don't know of yet. I would look at it as an opportunity for them to become more well rounded, more "cultured", more educated through experience.
I agree with this, that it would initially be hard on your girls but they would end up being tremendously enriched by the experience. Two of my kids did study abroad in France and Germany and came home different young men.
I would add that you've "been there, done that" with the school business in Texas, so whatcha gonna do for the next 30 years? Take TRS a few years from now and become one of those boring old-fart ex-coach, ex-superintendents that hang out at the Mini-mart and drink coffee? My vote is go for it.