looks like I'm calling it after 19 years homeschooling

[teachermom2834]

19 years. Three high school grads. Just one left at home. She's an 8th grader and we are working on an application to a Catholic high school. We are going to an open house on Sunday. 

I keep saying "just to give us options" and "we'll check it out and see what it is like" and "we'll think about it for the next few months". But deep down I know it is going to happen barring some family financial crisis. 

She is a joiner and she needs people. I have given it a go trying to find a community for her and trying to find an outlet for things that she would enjoy participating in (like theatre) and I just can't give her what she needs where we live. 

I don't love it. But I don't hate it. Big sigh. 

Edited October 22, 2021 by teachermom2834

[Kassia]

That's a big change for you!  Great job with how much you have done with your kids - you have a lot to be proud of.  Hope your dd is very happy at the high school if that's what she ends up doing.  

 

[fairfarmhand]

3 minutes ago, teachermom2834 said:

19 years. Three high school grads. Just one left at home. She's an 8th grader and we are working on an application to a Catholic high school. We are going to an Open House on Sunday. 

I keep saying "just to give us options" and "we'll check it out and see what it is like" and "we'll think about it for the next few months". But deep down I know it is going to happen barring some family financial crisis. 

She is a joiner and she needs people. I have given it a go trying to find a community for her and trying to find an outlet for things that she would enjoy participating in (like theatre) and I just can't give her what she needs where we live. 

I don't love it. But I don't hate it. Big sigh. 

Yeah, next year, my ds will start at the county virtual school. This is also my 19th year homeschooling.

And I feel exactly the way you do.

I've gotten a lot more pragmatic about homeschooling after all these years. It's less about my identity and more about getting the kids what they need, after laying out the pros and cons. I'm surprisingly ambivalent about the end of whole thing. I guess I'm just tired. 

[teachermom2834]

12 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said:

 

I've gotten a lot more pragmatic about homeschooling after all these years. It's less about my identity and more about getting the kids what they need, after laying out the pros and cons. I'm surprisingly ambivalent about the end of whole thing. I guess I'm just tired. 

Yes. 

Ever since we moved six years ago I feel like I can't get my kids what they need. I'm tired of trying to shove the square peg in the round hole. 

Edited October 21, 2021 by teachermom2834

[freesia]

I may well be where you are in 2023--after 18 years of homeschooling.  My last is four years younger than the other 3 and needs people.  I am not thinking about it right now bc I don't even know if we'll also be moving at that time.  It may well be school is the best option for her at that time.

Good for you for making the best decision for your child!

[Melissa B]

29 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said:

Yeah, next year, my ds will start at the county virtual school. This is also my 19th year homeschooling.

And I feel exactly the way you do.

I've gotten a lot more pragmatic about homeschooling after all these years. It's less about my identity and more about getting the kids what they need, after laying out the pros and cons. I'm surprisingly ambivalent about the end of whole thing. I guess I'm just tired. 

This is me too. My 19th and final year of homeschooling.

My third child graduates this year and my youngest plans to dual enroll full time next year. Officially, the state will see us as homeschoolers for another two years, but this is the end of the road as far as me being involved. 

I am ambivalent as well. I think I will just give all of our homeschooling stuff away this summer and really put my focus on what comes next. I'm ready to get back to working full time. Our lives have changed so much over twenty years. We aren't a part of the local homeschool community anymore. My kids have all gone and grown up. Lol. Time to move on. 🙂

 

[Forget-Me-Not]

My kids all went to school this year (their choice) after 16 years of homeschooling in some form or other.  Kind of bitter sweet, but it was a good move for us.  I donated most of my homeschooling materials to the home-based charter school we were using, and they were thrilled.   

[Alicia64]

I'm actually getting off this thread because it made me cry.

I'm in the same boat.

[freesia]

21 minutes ago, Alicia64 said:

I'm actually getting off this thread because it made me cry.

I'm in the same boat.

((((hug)))