Yippee
Joylyn
I'm being very nonchalant with Lexie, but she
has chosen, all on her own (with only what I
am pretty sure were minimal vibes from me) to
NOT continue her homeschooling academy, which
had really turned into a one day a week
school. I am very thrilled. I wasn't really
wantingher to do this, but she was begging
for some sort of school thing, and so I found
this, which is, as I said, a one day a week
full day school thing with other
homeschoolers. Most are homeschoolers,
though, and not unschoolers, and as Lexie
said "there are more and more rules every
time I go!" Her only reason for staying was
the kids, she loves being around other
children, but she said "I never get to do
anything with them, I have to be quiet and
sit but then the other kids talk and the
teacher has to tell them to be quiet and they
don't, and so I don't learn anything,
anyway." The last months she was talking
about how she really wasn't learning
anything, except for in Spanish. Also, I
think she saw a lot of stuff she didn't like,
the management issues, how kids who behaved
(like she did) were "punished" (her word)
along with those who misbehaved (example, the
pe teacher said that those who behaved could
help her with something but then decided that
everyone had misbehaved and no one could help
and Lexie said that she and brett and another
child had behaved but the teacher hadn't seen
this or didn't care. typical school stuff).
Anyway, she agreed the other night that the
work was all very easy, except for the
writing, which she says "I can do that on my
own" and that she hadn't relaly learned
anything "except in Spanish" and "I can do
that on my own, better" and she doesn't like
getting up so early, etc. So she wants to
not go. We will attempt to spend time with
the kids she has chosen to stay in contact
with, she made a list of 4-5 kids she wants
to keep seeing. I am concerned about Janene,
she has two older boys she loves there, and
she wont' see them again, but I am certain
this is the right decision. Change is hard,
even if we know it's for the best. I am
taking tomorrow off from work to go wtih her
on the last day of the semester, so we can
get phone numbers of the friends she wants to
stay in contact with and so I can try to talk
to those parents. Not sure if we'll stay the
entire day or not...
I am very pleased about this decision, but a
bit surprised. She has all along said she
loved it, but what I see she really loves is
the social, and I think she realized that the
confounds of school makes the social she love
just not happen. We'll ahve to work hard to
maintain these relationships...
Joylyn
has chosen, all on her own (with only what I
am pretty sure were minimal vibes from me) to
NOT continue her homeschooling academy, which
had really turned into a one day a week
school. I am very thrilled. I wasn't really
wantingher to do this, but she was begging
for some sort of school thing, and so I found
this, which is, as I said, a one day a week
full day school thing with other
homeschoolers. Most are homeschoolers,
though, and not unschoolers, and as Lexie
said "there are more and more rules every
time I go!" Her only reason for staying was
the kids, she loves being around other
children, but she said "I never get to do
anything with them, I have to be quiet and
sit but then the other kids talk and the
teacher has to tell them to be quiet and they
don't, and so I don't learn anything,
anyway." The last months she was talking
about how she really wasn't learning
anything, except for in Spanish. Also, I
think she saw a lot of stuff she didn't like,
the management issues, how kids who behaved
(like she did) were "punished" (her word)
along with those who misbehaved (example, the
pe teacher said that those who behaved could
help her with something but then decided that
everyone had misbehaved and no one could help
and Lexie said that she and brett and another
child had behaved but the teacher hadn't seen
this or didn't care. typical school stuff).
Anyway, she agreed the other night that the
work was all very easy, except for the
writing, which she says "I can do that on my
own" and that she hadn't relaly learned
anything "except in Spanish" and "I can do
that on my own, better" and she doesn't like
getting up so early, etc. So she wants to
not go. We will attempt to spend time with
the kids she has chosen to stay in contact
with, she made a list of 4-5 kids she wants
to keep seeing. I am concerned about Janene,
she has two older boys she loves there, and
she wont' see them again, but I am certain
this is the right decision. Change is hard,
even if we know it's for the best. I am
taking tomorrow off from work to go wtih her
on the last day of the semester, so we can
get phone numbers of the friends she wants to
stay in contact with and so I can try to talk
to those parents. Not sure if we'll stay the
entire day or not...
I am very pleased about this decision, but a
bit surprised. She has all along said she
loved it, but what I see she really loves is
the social, and I think she realized that the
confounds of school makes the social she love
just not happen. We'll ahve to work hard to
maintain these relationships...
Joylyn