Gud, I can say from second-hand experience that home schooling multiple grade levels is tough. Our ex-next door neighbor has 5 kids (16, 14, 12, 10 and 8 now) and she home schooled for 2 years due to the worries your wife stated. She said that it was beyond stressful for her. First she didn't have any teaching experience so the 7th grade subjects were difficult, plus splitting her time to teach 5 different grade levels was taxing. Getting the kids to all sit down and listen was next to impossible (she was pretty lax on discipline anyway) and the kids needed more socialization that she was able to give them and still meet all the requirements for home schooling even attending church functions twice a week. It also blurred the lines between teacher and parent and didn't give them any time apart (they were together 24/7). Also? Her son was the one that gave my daughter the 411 on sex. Yeah, my daughter who attended the public school that he would have gone to (same grade even). No she didn't hear it at school, she got it from the home schooled kid. OTH, it worked really well for a couple of the kids, as they could go beyond grade level. I wish you all very much luck.
I think they still do drug awareness at the elementary school level in our school district, my kids came away from it being very stern about smoking and taking even OTC drugs.. I think I got "mom, are you taking *gasp* drugs????" for Tylenol... sheesh!
I think that paper would be perfect for the spaceship.
Also, if Emaryn does Girl Scouts we can finally find out what all those badges are!
Back from lunch. Am stuffed. Didn't eat any cute animals. Just a cow. Full-grown, I assume.
Must scout out place to nap....
Okay, I was hitting the BRQG to alleviate Friday-afternoon boredom, and I just got a quote by 2 Buffistas whose names I had NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I'm a-scared.
Speaking of free, did I mention I am going to see "Prairie Home Companion" tonight, with tickets someone my friend works with gave away? Also, that the musical guest is Randy Newman? Very excited!
I was kicked out of girl scouts! (for being too lazy to get any of their stupid badges...except for the Hostessing badge!)
feel like those druggie time-lapse photo series would be the best anti-drug message for anyone. That and meth-mouth.
Also, make them watch episodes of Intervention.
I really don't remember getting any anti-drug education in (public) elementary or (all-girls Catholic) high school. It's possible that all the drugs I did in college have erased those memories though.
Also, make them watch episodes of Intervention.
Hell, make them watch episodes of Being Bobby Brown.
Hell, make them watch episodes of Being Bobby Brown.
Yes! perfect. And old episodes of the Osbournes. and any number of seasons of the Surreal Life...
I'm going to start a whole ant-drug education movement based solely on Examples from Reality TV!
AHH! Who? Mystery Comms?
I hit Refresh before I thought to copy it.
So, really, *unverified* mystery COMMs.
