I've been meaning to write about the strange goings on at the school we sent our kids to this year, but I just don't often get about 12 uninterrupted hours to put anything together.
Fortunately, another parent has blogged her experiences at the school, which will give you an idea about what we were up against. Her story is similar to ours in some ways and different in others, as you might expect, but dealing with the person she calls "Nutjob" and her son's teacher were among the similar ones.
She talks about people she is supposedly responsible for leaving the school, which is what Nutjob is telling other people, but that's a lie, of course. We are among those that she says were driven off by this other parent, but we are leaving for our own reasons.
We're now homeschooling. The public schools around here are fine for kids within two standard deviations of "normal," but my kids aren't in that group. We've been to three different private schools (a Christian school, a Montessori school and this last one, which was secular), and none have been able to work with our kids at their academic levels. So, we've decided we're going to having to do it ourselves.
I'm sure it'll be fun. The kids are looking forward to it. We're not really organized as far as acquiring a curriculum or anything like that, but we've already started anyway. For now, life is school. They're doing some reading, some math books, and they've created and are caring for a garden. We'll do something more formal in a couple of months.
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Wow, Jerry. I wish you and your family all the best in your homeschooling adventure! I think it's a great idea, especially if you've been having trouble with the local schools...and having graduated from the Lake Central school District, i can totally relate!
Heck, sports statistics are great for math, aren't they? ;)
Too bad i didn't think of this sooner, but there was a scavenger hunt at the Dunes this weekend. That could have fit into the sciences somewhere.
~Suz~
The LC schools are OK, but they just don't do much for academically advanced kids. With No Child Left Behind driving public education, one of the unfortunate consequences is that No Child Gets Ahead.
I think sports statistics will come in handy. :)
My kids would probably like things like scavenger hunts. We weren't home this weekend, so that one wouldn't have worked, but if you hear of others, let me know.
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