MaggieD
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Yesterday we went to Tom's nephew's 5th birthday part at Chuck E. Cheese. It was very nice. Some 20 kids and half parents. Pizza and an arcade.
A woman sat next to us (one of the moms) and, as we visited, she said she home schooled her 7th grader. She was obviously very proud and talked about the things she'd had to learn as she went along . . . and a bit about the process.
I asked her how she made the decision to home school (since 4th grade), and she said she was always getting calls from the teacher that her son was disruptive. And that he just didn't like to follow rules.
"Like, for instance," she said, "he'd never write his name and class at the top of his papers. And he'd always get in trouble for that." THAT'S an important enough reason you use that as an example of why you decided to home school one of your kids? (She has two others in public school.) I said, "Well, at some point, he's going to have to learn to follow instructions and write his name at the top, yes?" She said, "Well, he doesn't have to do it in MY class, does he?"
I just smiled.
She shortly got up and moved.
Some people are screwballs.
A woman sat next to us (one of the moms) and, as we visited, she said she home schooled her 7th grader. She was obviously very proud and talked about the things she'd had to learn as she went along . . . and a bit about the process.
I asked her how she made the decision to home school (since 4th grade), and she said she was always getting calls from the teacher that her son was disruptive. And that he just didn't like to follow rules.
"Like, for instance," she said, "he'd never write his name and class at the top of his papers. And he'd always get in trouble for that." THAT'S an important enough reason you use that as an example of why you decided to home school one of your kids? (She has two others in public school.) I said, "Well, at some point, he's going to have to learn to follow instructions and write his name at the top, yes?" She said, "Well, he doesn't have to do it in MY class, does he?"
I just smiled.
She shortly got up and moved.
Some people are screwballs.