ThatHomeschoolDad Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 For some reason, I just started poking around the forums and thought, gee, I should really create an account. Turns out my username was taken....by me....a while ago. I guess I signed up but never posted. Well, here goes: Hey kids! I'm Tom in Morris County, NJ. DW is a middle school music teacher. We've HSd DD 7th grade since 1st using WTM-secular-academically-accelerated (lousy acronym, that one). It's a lonely task in my part of NJ. There's much organization in other parts of the state, but I seem to be surrounded by unschoolers and the far-right religious, who have not been keen on a dad doing this job, which is too bad, since our approaches are probably not that different in terms of academic rigor. I know there are other dads doing this, only because I've seen a blog or two, and some moms know of a friend who used to live next to a HSdad. It's like sighting Bigfoot -- plenty of anecdotal evidence, but I have yet to find empirical proof. Someone should start taking plaster casts of footprints to be classified as the rare Schola Domum Patris of legend. I'd go for that, especially if it involved some royalties... 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 :seeya: Welcome. I've known 3 dads who were the primary educator in our little corner of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Thanks! Be sure to get photographic evidence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Welcome, Tom! If I find any other Schola Domum Patris, I'll let you know. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 Schola Domum Patris will be the name of the new oratorio I'm composing. Look for it in, oh, ten or twenty years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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