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I want to Homeschool, But I Don’t Want to Teach
I want to be the kind of homeschool mom who can wedge herself in between Webster’s Dictionary and a selection of Usborne Encyclopedia’s …and I’d just hop down from my shelf to run out and buy pre-sharpened Ticonderogas, arrange field trips, keep the WiFi running, and set out tea for the college recruiters. Anything’s possible….
The First Day of School is a Phantom Holiday The Homeschool Spark Endures
Do homeschooled kids feel the same spirit of the season? This time of year….the $1 bins are brimming with glue sticks and useless shaped erasers, I can’t help but feel the excitement in the air. Like Christmas. Seriously. It’s nostalgic and filled with possibilities! Or a phantom holiday…. like we had busted open a piñata and all that came out were pencil shavings and spelling words.
In a Moment of Weakness We Joined a Co-op
The Homeschool Wager
“We wagered a second income on the notion that we could educate our children more effectively than the public-school system.
We wagered the need to fit into the world’s expectations on the belief that our children should look to us for social and moral guidance.
We wagered the ease and comfort of kid-free time on the belief that kids need family more than peers, love more than affirmation, and encouragement more than conformity.”