Home Schooling Report #1: September

Let's make it clear from the beginning that I took on home schooling as a Let's See If It Works kind of project, not as This Is The Way It Is From Now On. Whenever anybody asks, I tell them we're trying it out for one year, and taking it from there. And whether we continue or not depends on many things: Daniel's preference, my preference, how well Daniel does with his schoolwork, how well I do with my schoolwork, how Justin and Chris are affected by it, how Chris and I are affected as a couple, the impact on Daniel's behaviour, our financial situation, etc etc etc.

And I know that we won't really know any of the above until the year is done. I'm trying to be observant and weigh what I see in light of all of the above and not make up my mind before I have all the facts and yadda yadda yadda.

But. We have now survived one month of home schooling, and I think it's OK to make a few generalizations about how it's going so far - or at least, how I feel about it so far. And the fact is, one month in, I'm kind of mad at myself.

( No, it's not a bad thing, I don't think )

Public Service Announcement

As the wonderful Kipler says in The Elements of Phyle, spellcheckers are not proofreaders. Both "shiftless" and "defected", when used in a formal essay, should be carefully eye-checked. Unless you're consciously going for profanity and/or potty humour.

Just sayin'.