Monday, December 08, 2003
This is my first post. I'm going to chronicle my life as a homeschooling parent who happens to hold a job outside the house. Let me start by saying that I don't leave my son home alone all day. My husband is fortunate enough to work from an office located in our home. I do the lesson planning, teaching, and grading in the evenings, on weekends, and on my lunch break.
I get a lot of mixed reactions when I tell people about my life. "You must be nuts," (that's possible, just ask my kids) "That must be an awful lot of work," (it is, but my son is worth it) and "Wouldn't it be easier just to send him off to school every day?" (Nope. In 6th grade, there is at least 2-3 hours worth of homework every night anyway, may as well be stuff that he and I want him to learn and enjoy it!)
I get a lot of mixed reactions when I tell people about my life. "You must be nuts," (that's possible, just ask my kids) "That must be an awful lot of work," (it is, but my son is worth it) and "Wouldn't it be easier just to send him off to school every day?" (Nope. In 6th grade, there is at least 2-3 hours worth of homework every night anyway, may as well be stuff that he and I want him to learn and enjoy it!)
