Do you ever wonder....Why????? What was I thinking???? Then you remember why but it leaves you feeling inadequate? Am I doing a good job? Are my kids learning what they need to know. How do I explain myself and my ideals to my family and friends if I am questioning myslef if I am doing what they need. Sorry for my rambling. Just wondering if I am the only crazy person in this world?:shock:
Hey, I was so crazy that now I school Other People's Kids! Some days I come home and wonder "what was I thinking????" fer shur! I just can't NOT do it!
Wow! I really shouldn't complain... I have 4 that I am schooling and trying to be great at everything else. LOL I will get it Just having one of those days where you question your entire being. Glad I am not the only one! Thanks!
If I had not had one of my children in public school while the other homeschooled, I probably would have felt this way. On the outside, you just think they do so much. But once you really get down and compare what is real, versus what you just THINK is going on, then you realize they do so little. For example, when I mention to people around here that the kids do not do spelling in the local schools, they are just so sure they are. They will practically argue to the death that the schools around here do spelling. Then I ask if they have ever seen a spelling list. No..but they are just so sure they must be doing spelling. When I mention that in the state of Texas, public schools are not required to be accredited and teachers are not required to be certified, they think I am nuts. Then I direct them to the TEA website and suggest they call and ask. When I told a parent the other day that at the high school, they had such discipline problems and overcrowding that the teachers did not have time to teach really, she did not believe me. I told her how the children have to come home, after spending all those hours at school, and go online to see their lessons, with videos and power point presentations. All that homework is not because they are working 7 hrs a day learning so much and then coming home and learning. They are spending 7 hrs a day in an overcrowded cage basically (I did not word it that way to the parent though) and then coming home and doing school from home. But I did back up what I said by pulling up the school websites, the passwords from when my oldest was in public school still works, and showed the parent. BTW, individual students are given the passwords and permission to their classes only, so people on the outside cannot see this is going on. OK...so I have concluded that my child could have played Playstation all day through those years and have gotten more out of school. Around here, they seem to do a lot from k-2nd grade. But then after that, it all just falls apart.
My experience was similar to momofafew's. I was a foster mom so had foster kids in public school while I had kids who also homeschooled. At one point, I had 1 in 1st grade PS and 1 in typical K PS and one in Special Needs K PS. None of these kids brought home anything. Ocassionally, the kindergarteners would bring home a picture they had colored or a craft but nothing else. I never saw graded work or homework. I worked with each after school as none could read, the K's didnt even know their letters or thier sounds. It was such a waste... the only positive I saw was that I got a break and my house was somewhat calmer before 3 pm. After school, I had to teach just so I knew they were learning something. There are days I still dream of finding the perfect school for my son- of course that school really doesnt exist, but I know he is better off at home with me than in an inept system that just doesnt work. I could let him unschool at home and he would learn far more than a public school in our area would teach.
You're not the only one. I feel that way with my daughter and her math all the time. Nothing we do seems to click with her. We've got her doing it, but I know she doesn't actually understand any of it. But, I remind myself that she'd just be labeled and then lost in a school of any kind, so at least she's getting the one-on-one she needs even if her brain's not ready to digest the info fully yet.
Being new to home schooling my child...I ask those questions to myself all the time! I was constantly worried that I would not be teaching him everything he needed to know. As time has gone by I am learning how to relax on this a bit. All I have to think about is that I couldn't do any worse than the teacher he had in public school because I would be giving him more individual time to learn than she could ever give him. After I got over the fact he wasn't going to learn in all in one day( lol) I was fine!
AHA! Another "SuperMOM" out there! Me too! I think we are all not crazy we just want it all! We want our kids to have the best at the expense of our momentary sanity! Its a good thing though! So live it nd love it!
Thanks! I am so glad I am not the only one. Thanks to everyone else that you remind me that they are getting the best even if I don't always feel that they are. I wish I could be supermom, superwife, supercook and supermerrymaid. But I will just settle with doing my best!!!!
