Ok, just getting started and feeling a little Panicky...
hollandejt
Ok, slightly more than a "little" panicky. I dont know why...I know
we are making the right decision. Ive been thinking about this for
years and now my daughter has finally asked to homeschool. Today is
her last day at High School, she has been labled ADD, Learning
Disabled and Gifted, all of which mean nothing to me if we are
homeschooling. Unschooling is what I believe is the best way to go
for her...she needs to be interested in the subject matter, needs to
find her own rythm and motivation and she needs some freedom to
create and express herself and I TOTALLY believe in this 'method' so
why am I suddenly panicking? I think it must just be the fact that we
arent using a cirriculum (except some unit studies for math)she wont
be getting any high school credits and she absolutely plans on going
to college as I'm sure many of our kids are.
And it probably also has to do with the fact that everyone else is
panicking for me. We have a two year old who has Autism and other
health challenges that require a lot of time and tons of hours a week
of therapy and interventions (that are working really well). I work
part time outside the house (about 20 hours a a week if you include
driving time) and my husband works out of state during the week so I
do everything during the week on my own. We have no family in this
state and not a lot of close friends. But I still feel that this is
the right thing to do. Did anyone else feel this way? When does the
feeling pass?
Holly
we are making the right decision. Ive been thinking about this for
years and now my daughter has finally asked to homeschool. Today is
her last day at High School, she has been labled ADD, Learning
Disabled and Gifted, all of which mean nothing to me if we are
homeschooling. Unschooling is what I believe is the best way to go
for her...she needs to be interested in the subject matter, needs to
find her own rythm and motivation and she needs some freedom to
create and express herself and I TOTALLY believe in this 'method' so
why am I suddenly panicking? I think it must just be the fact that we
arent using a cirriculum (except some unit studies for math)she wont
be getting any high school credits and she absolutely plans on going
to college as I'm sure many of our kids are.
And it probably also has to do with the fact that everyone else is
panicking for me. We have a two year old who has Autism and other
health challenges that require a lot of time and tons of hours a week
of therapy and interventions (that are working really well). I work
part time outside the house (about 20 hours a a week if you include
driving time) and my husband works out of state during the week so I
do everything during the week on my own. We have no family in this
state and not a lot of close friends. But I still feel that this is
the right thing to do. Did anyone else feel this way? When does the
feeling pass?
Holly
Diana Knight
I'm very interested in hearing what others say about this. I have a daughter in high school. I've been too afraid to take her out. I "unschooled" her from 4th through 7th grade, but when I hurt my back, we made the choice for her to go back to school. She is doing very well - A average (if you put much stock in grades). I am unschooling my 2nd grade daughter (just pulled her from school last month), but my 7th grader and kindergartener are in school this year. My "ideal" would be to homeschool them all, but I just don't feel I have the support. I have no family in the area. Noone at my church homeschools. We happen to live in a very good school district, so very few in town homeschool. It's a tough social choice for us to make.
Diana
stuck in "paradise" (Los Gatos)
BTW, if you live in or near Los Gatos, and you "unschool" homeschool, PLEASE respond.
Diana
stuck in "paradise" (Los Gatos)
BTW, if you live in or near Los Gatos, and you "unschool" homeschool, PLEASE respond.
----- Original Message -----
From: hollandejt
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Ok, just getting started and feeling a little Panicky...
Ok, slightly more than a "little" panicky. I dont know why...I know
we are making the right decision. Ive been thinking about this for
years and now my daughter has finally asked to homeschool. Today is
her last day at High School, she has been labled ADD, Learning
Disabled and Gifted, all of which mean nothing to me if we are
homeschooling. Unschooling is what I believe is the best way to go
for her...she needs to be interested in the subject matter, needs to
find her own rythm and motivation and she needs some freedom to
create and express herself and I TOTALLY believe in this 'method' so
why am I suddenly panicking? I think it must just be the fact that we
arent using a cirriculum (except some unit studies for math)she wont
be getting any high school credits and she absolutely plans on going
to college as I'm sure many of our kids are.
And it probably also has to do with the fact that everyone else is
panicking for me. We have a two year old who has Autism and other
health challenges that require a lot of time and tons of hours a week
of therapy and interventions (that are working really well). I work
part time outside the house (about 20 hours a a week if you include
driving time) and my husband works out of state during the week so I
do everything during the week on my own. We have no family in this
state and not a lot of close friends. But I still feel that this is
the right thing to do. Did anyone else feel this way? When does the
feeling pass?
Holly
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Sheila Trask
Hi, Holly -- I'm in my second year with my 9-year-old ADHD (it's more
than just a label for him; it's for real!) and gifted son. Just wanted
to say that the mixture of traits can be pretty challenging at home,
too. We find it well worthwhile, but working with a kid who is so
smart and gets the "big picture" so easily it can be hard when the
ability to focus seems nonexistent. Very frustrating sometimes. Also
very funny and enlightening sometimes, as he makes connections not
everyone makes. He teaches me a LOT.
And you wondered when does the panic pass? About once a day! ;-)
Good luck; it's worth every minute.
Sheila
--- In [email protected], "hollandejt"
<hollandejt@...> wrote:
than just a label for him; it's for real!) and gifted son. Just wanted
to say that the mixture of traits can be pretty challenging at home,
too. We find it well worthwhile, but working with a kid who is so
smart and gets the "big picture" so easily it can be hard when the
ability to focus seems nonexistent. Very frustrating sometimes. Also
very funny and enlightening sometimes, as he makes connections not
everyone makes. He teaches me a LOT.
And you wondered when does the panic pass? About once a day! ;-)
Good luck; it's worth every minute.
Sheila
--- In [email protected], "hollandejt"
<hollandejt@...> wrote:
>....Did anyone else feel this way? When does the
> ....Today is
> her last day at High School, she has been labled ADD, Learning
> Disabled and Gifted, all of which mean nothing to me if we are
> homeschooling....
>
> feeling pass?
>
> Holly
>