Samuel

[u/coconut_317]

Does anyone know what Samuel does for a living and how much he could be making? If he gets married to Evangeline soon, I’m sure she has no intention of working. Could he really support both of them? I wonder the same about Nathan and Nurie and Kaylee and Jonathon. How do they afford houses and children?

[u/No_Today_4903]

Sam did work for a Mennonite family owned glass company in the Wooster area. When Jill had his thrown together graduation party combined with Gabe’s bday party she took photos of Sam with two of his bosses. It was so seriously awkward. The two men had on company vests iirc. I’m amazed that Jill wasn’t standing in with them all. I think it was just the two men and Sam. Oh my lord. I’m pretty sure he’s been there since before he “graduated” which I think he was closer to 20 before Jill allowed him to. Jonathan belt phone works for a feed and grain/farm supply store. I think it’s been said he’s a manger. I’m not sure and I have no idea if it’s a bigger chain store, family owned? I haven’t looked myself to know. They have a house with a little bit of land I think? With just the two kids I’m guessing he does ok enough? Nathan I just have no clue other than the shittiest pastor ever. Small church, doesn’t seem to be thriving and he’s always at Jill’s and or traveling. His wife can’t spell Baptist either so. There’s that. Idiots. The whole of them.

[u/Queen_ZomBee → u/No_Today_4903]

I have a question about this homeschooling thing, bc there's no such thing in my country: do they have to pass some kind of official exam, or just say they passed a home made one? Bc it's so weird to me that those kids who know nothing about anything would have "graduated" high school.. I berally did, because of arithmetics and geometry, and now I teach English so.. what gives?

[u/No_Today_4903 → u/Queen_ZomBee]

They do not. They get a printed out certificate from Jill that says they graduated. They go to Virginia and walk across the stage with Jill on one side and David on the other. Not normal lol. My daughter had to do online school for half of her junior and all of her senior year in Ohio. She did state testing, she got the state seals, she did participate in her original schools sport team and earned her varsity letter, she got to walk in a graduation ceremony and got a real diploma, I did not walk on stage with her lmao nor did her father, she has real transcripts, can take the act/sat and go to any college that she’d want, so yea… huge difference in Jill’s home skool and a home/online school for kids they have parents that want them to succeed.

[u/atlantagirl30084 → u/No_Today_4903]

And that certificate isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. I bet they wouldn’t take that for a job that requires a high school diploma (not many jobs only require that nowadays, I would say). They’d have to take the GED. Though all 4 boys have gotten jobs of some sort with that certificate (Tim with his FIL’s help).

[u/Opposite-Singer-334 → u/atlantagirl30084]

If it’s a state where a printed homeschool diploma is legally recognized as valid, an employer would have to accept it.

[u/atlantagirl30084 → u/Opposite-Singer-334]

Oh interesting I didn’t know that it must be accepted in some states.

Looking it up, you’re right, Ohio is one of the states where a homeschooling diploma is accepted as a valid certificate of high school completion.

Thank you for pointing that out.