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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/21/2008 10:30:36 PM
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VisitorinWaiting
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Hi Tracy. Nice to see you here! :) 
Well, the fact that you are even poking at homeschooling as a possiblity seems to make me think that maybe, just maybe, you might want to do it, even though you might not want to admit it yet. :) LOL
I would encourage you to homeschool... I know SOME of your story, your family, etc...and from what I have heard, observed, I think you'd be great! :) My organization skills are very lacking, so it doesn't mean that we are all organized at all. Just pray about it. I NEVER thought I'd homeschool...but after PRAYING about it, God did lead me here, and I wouldn't have it any other way now. :)
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/21/2008 10:33:58 PM
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I am still cleaning up from the tornado that happened when last year and the next year collided in my study! Oh my goodness it's horrific. I have boxes and stuff that needs to be sorted and finished and I still need to make lesson plan. Thank goodness we are having vacation the second week of September. I'm going to need it.
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/22/2008 3:41:06 PM
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I saw a fellow blogger asking some questions about home education, and answered her interview questions on my blog. Ya'll might like to help her out as well- check it out.
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/22/2008 4:32:49 PM
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momof4
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Hi Tracy, public school mom here, but thot I'd put my own 2 cents' in.
Diff areas have diff #'s of HSers. My area has very few. Once in a while there will be an article in the local paper about HSing, and it is treated like a rare occurance, a novelty. I'm not even aware of any HS support groups around, and I live in a large city. Maybe one or two of those exist, but it's not commion knowledge. In my church, I come into contact with all the children that come thu, even if they are only there as visitors, and I have to say that in 20 yrs, I have only been aware of 1 HSer, and they were only doing it for the daughter for the middle school yrs. They had an older dau and son who had not been HSed at all. However, to read some people's posts, it appears that HS is very common, and has been for yrs. Whe I first came to this forum, that took me by surprise. The reason I am saying all this is that I would think it would be easier to HS if you knew it wasn't so rare, and if there were HS support groups you could join, etc, and enuf of these groups so that you could choose which ones suit you best. I would think that if HSing is more common, that it would be easier to find resources and such. In my area, if you HS, I would think it would be more difficult b/c there are so few around to give you support, provide for group activities, etc, and some schools would be hard-pressed to think kindly of you. You would be thot of as "strange" if you HSed, but wanted your child in the school band, for instance, as I believe is your right. But in a high HSing area, they would be more used to stuff like that, and better able to accommodate you.
It's always an eye-opener to find the things that are status quo in some areas, that are mostly unheard of in my own area. That's one of the things I love about this forum!
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/22/2008 5:28:38 PM
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MrsTracy72
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ORIGINAL: momof4
It's always an eye-opener to find the things that are status quo in some areas, that are mostly unheard of in my own area. That's one of the things I love about this forum!
I am serious when I say I really wasn't aware of HSing until I came here. But I am sure for now, I am happy where I am.
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/22/2008 11:26:56 PM
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I actually did not know any homeschoolers before we decided to homeschool, except two girls I went to high school with who went part-time and homeschooled the rest of the time, and one of them was quite a disaster. So go figure that I chose this route! LOL
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/23/2008 4:04:37 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Maybe you don't know many hsers because they are blending in so well lately. I can spot them at the zoo or in the doctor's office, but that's because I know what to look for. LOL I have yet to ask a stranger if they hs and get a "no" answer. 
When I was a kid, hsers WERE rare. And they usually were weird, sticking out wherever they went. I don't think that is so much the case anymore.
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RE: Some Questions About Homeschooling - 8/24/2008 1:57:30 AM
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Most homeschoolers I know are not especially organized, just dedicated.
B-I-N-G-O !!
Although the norm seems to be that one disorganized parent with a sense of mission can achieve more in two hours than a building full of strangers can all day. 10 kids is small for a classroom, but large for a family.
A lot of the affection you see happens naturally, when children aren't forcibly separated from older and younger siblings. My two adult children are in their 20s, and still best friends. In fact, my son (the older by 18 months) introduced his sister to a mutual friend who ended up becoming her husband.
Map out the communication flows. Case (a) -- one to many, and the one is an agent of the State. Case (b) -- many to many, and they are related by family ties. Which is the richer, denser, and more stimulating communication environment? In Case (a), the student has five or six personal interactions with the adult per day. In Case (b), the interpersonal interactions are in the hundreds.
Home school kids have to do a little getting used to Sunday school -- when an adult asks a question, they assume a conversation is underway and speak right up! They don't know they're supposed to raise their hand and beg permission to use the bathroom, let alone to speak!
< Message edited by RJR_fan -- 8/24/2008 8:59:05 AM >
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