Live2Ride Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thought maybe some of you would enjoy this little article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 She's right, the problem with homeschooling is you have to homeschool them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Loved, loved, loved it! And thank you for pointing us to her website; I really liked her post "1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms", too :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Great article, thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 That was a great use of my time on the internet :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Great post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 that was fun wasn't it, lol! I wish I actually had a big facebook account that had lots of people on it, :tongue_smilie:, so a few certain ones could see it. But alas...I can't stand the mess it becomes so I stear clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflymommy Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 "...high school students who will look you in the eye rather than dismiss you as if they’ve no use for your time..." LOL. If only. The latter part describes my HSed son to a "T." Cute article though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 That was great! Really enjoyed it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 "...high school students who will look you in the eye rather than dismiss you as if they’ve no use for your time..." I'll never forget a long haired, baggy clothed teen-age boy I visited with in the doctor's office once. I'd never met him before. He was sitting there, with a calculus book, waiting for his mom who was with his little sister seeing the doctor. That boy looked me in the eye, spoke to me politely, made general chit-chat without any "ums," or "likes" or other filler phrases, (we were the only ones in the waiting room) and basically impressed the socks off me. He was homeschooled. He was the oldest of 9 kids (after talking with him a few minutes, I actually knew who he was, his mom was a friend of my sil, who just raves about this wonderful family, but I didn't let on that I knew who he was). My boys were still little at the time of this encounter, but I knew then that I needed to homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'll never forget a long haired, baggy clothed teen-age boy I visited with in the doctor's office once. I'd never met him before. He was sitting there, with a calculus book, waiting for his mom who was with his little sister seeing the doctor. That boy looked me in the eye, spoke to me politely, made general chit-chat without any "ums," or "likes" or other filler phrases, (we were the only ones in the waiting room) and basically impressed the socks off me. He was homeschooled. He was the oldest of 9 kids (after talking with him a few minutes, I actually knew who he was, his mom was a friend of my sil, who just raves about this wonderful family, but I didn't let on that I knew who he was). My boys were still little at the time of this encounter, but I knew then that I needed to homeschool. I loved the article and I love this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We’ve trained our children to take part in The Great Conversation . . . and they can’t find anyone to talk to. ...and that would be the thought that occupies my every waking moment (and many when I should be sleeping) lately. :glare: In that boat, rowing upstream, and you'd think it would get easier but it gets harder at the end when you have to transfer them to their own boat, and help them decide how hard to row against the stream. I'm not a fan of generalizations about homeschooling, or most blog posts for that matter, but that was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I have that post linked on my blog. One of my FAVORITE homeschool posts EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thanks for sharing! I loved the article, and can't wait for the one on the Good News About Homeschooling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 :001_smile: thanks for posting this. What a great blog :001_smile: We’ve trained our children to take part in The Great Conversation . . . and they can’t find anyone to talk to. ...and that would be the thought that occupies my every waking moment (and many when I should be sleeping) lately. :glare: In that boat, rowing upstream, and you'd think it would get easier but it gets harder at the end when you have to transfer them to their own boat, and help them decide how hard to row against the stream. I'm not a fan of generalizations about homeschooling, or most blog posts for that matter, but that was great. I love what you quoted. We are feeling this right now. It is so difficult for any of my children to relate anymore. That is the hardest part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 awesome, thanks for sharing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this!!!! I really needed something encouraging like that today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'll never forget a long haired, baggy clothed teen-age boy I visited with in the doctor's office once. I'd never met him before. He was sitting there, with a calculus book, waiting for his mom who was with his little sister seeing the doctor. That boy looked me in the eye, spoke to me politely, made general chit-chat without any "ums," or "likes" or other filler phrases, (we were the only ones in the waiting room) and basically impressed the socks off me. He was homeschooled. He was the oldest of 9 kids (after talking with him a few minutes, I actually knew who he was, his mom was a friend of my sil, who just raves about this wonderful family, but I didn't let on that I knew who he was). My boys were still little at the time of this encounter, but I knew then that I needed to homeschool. :iagree:I had a similar experience that first made me consider homeschool as a serious alternative to public schools. Having been educated to be a secondary teacher in the public school system, homeschooling was presented by my professors as a joke. Parents were fooling themselves if they thought they could even come close to replacing what the professionals could do. The few experiences I'd had with homeschoolers bore this out. Then I encountered two families that had teenagers such as you mentioned above. I remember telling my husband that if homeschooling produced teenagers who acted in such a way towards adults then I was all for it. None of the teenagers that I had taught in the ps system would have handled themselves with that amount of maturity. It is so difficult for any of my children to relate anymore. That is the hardest part. :iagree:My second grader loves Shakespeare, math, and poetry. When she mentions this to other children her age that are not homeschooled, they look at her like she is crazy. She has, unfortunately, quickly learned not to mention her academic likes/dislikes with ps children. They just.don't.get.it. She feels more free to be herself around the kids in our homeschool group than anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thanks for posting! The last point really hit home with me, as we often discuss how long we will hs the kidlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6wishes Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thanks for sharing...have passed on to quite a few friends! Very encouraging and very motivating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thanks for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Great article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 She has that right balance between humor and telling it like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoZeeCo's Mom Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 that was so great!! If I still had Facebook, I'd post it all over the place. Thanks for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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