I cannot seem to understand or even begin to wrap my mind around why some people seem to think that just because you homeschool you can go whenever and do whatever at any time of the day. Otherwise sensible adults seemingly take it for granted that just because I choose to homeschool my daughter, that I can be at their beck and call whenever they want to meet with me. Then when I try to explain that it's too disruptive for our school day they're kind of like, "Huh?!?!?" It's as if we're not meant to have a schedule and that because we school at home we can do whatever we like whenever we like. I'm growing really tired of trying to explain this to people too. I'd love to hear what your thoughts on this are...
{Sorry, / end rant LOL}
Homeschooling Curriculums.... So Many Choices
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With school starting in a month or so, I'm really trying to finalize what
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I've homeschooled now for 16 years and I completely agree. It's something I continue to fight even within myself - I used to always say yes and then wonder why we weren't getting anything done!
I block out certain times for outside activities and only say YES if it fits in those times. For instance, 2 Fridays a month I leave open. Other than that, our schooling happens between 9 and 11AM and 1 and 3PM. I agree that many do not understand, but sometimes they do understand if you say "I'm free next Friday morning - would that work?"
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My wife was telling me yesterday of a friend that wanted to get together and didn't understand that there's a small window now that we're teaching our kids.
'Course this mom sends her kids to public school, so they don't get it.
I always said "yes" last year when I was choosing the materials and my dd was WAY ahead. Well she's still ahead but now she has certain things that the cyberschool requires. I'm not going to let that get all messed up to the point that it stresses me out just so I can be a people pleaser. Sometimes I wonder if us homeschoolers are simply wired differently than the rest of the world LOL
LOL! People either seem to think we're not doing anything at all or we're chained to a desk for 10 hours a day. Why the extremes??? :)
LOL Yeah, I forgot that other extreme
I am just glad to know I'm not the only one that has to deal with this, lol! I agree that people either think we are free all day or force the kids to work all day.
I also wanted to let you know that I have a blog award for you on my blog. http://www.heathenhomeschoolers.com
My closest friends homeschool, so that helps. We try to respect each other's lesson times, but the neighbor kids don't always understand. We start lessons before they do, but when I explain that we are studying they usually respect it.
I've gotten to the point where I flat out DO NOT answer the phone until 2:30. I have let people know that so they know why I'm not answering and they need to leave a message or wait til after 2:30 to call. Even my hubby gets aggravated sometimes, but it throws the kids off when we're interupted. We usually finish before 2:30, but I still keep it as my "quiet" time.
I do think a lot of people assume we are home doing nothing and get to run around and have fun all the time. Ok, sometimes we do run around and have fun, but it's still tied in with school.
I think a lot of the mentality comes from the fact that we don't "have" to be somewhere. The "system" isn't requiring us to be at a specific place at a specific time, so we certainly can go do stuff with them at their beck and call.
I guess I'm one of "those people." I just assumed that was one of the advantages of homeschooling--scheduling flexibility! Guess I am wrong.
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