Home-schooling started out as a temporary fix during my husband’s job change and our subsequent move, and it has now ended up as our lifestyle. Two of the main reasons we chose not to enroll them in public school here are overcrowding and over emphasis on standardized test scores. Based on who my kids are and what they need, the home- school environment is more conducive to their academic and personal growth. Most days.
I do have days when I wake up, often in the middle of the night, thinking What am I thinking? What am I doing? I’m leading them to ruin! There are days when things don’t go so well. We don’t get things done the way I planned. The lesson doesn’t work like I hoped. Somebody’s grumpy beyond control — be it me, the kids, or both. The internet is down.
So although our Christian faith is incorporated into our learning, we do not home-school for primarily religious reasons. We home-school because we feel it is the best educational choice for our children, even though many times it is a challenge and a cause of wee hour panic attacks.
I’ll end today’s post with a couple of interesting video clips. Neither are about home-schooling, but both sort of sum up my primary reasons why, with a bit of silliness and nostalgia thrown in. And thanks to the friends who posted these on facebook; you provided me with my blog inspiration for the day.
P.S. It’s about time live journal put the words “blog” and “facebook” in their dictionary.
Ooh, love this post. Will post link!
Ooh, love this post. Will post link!
These are both excellent. I wasn’t going to watch the first because it was so long, but it was fascinating.
These are both excellent. I wasn’t going to watch the first because it was so long, but it was fascinating.
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