Homeschooling responses......................

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your responses and support. I'm really torn here, and have to

decide within 2 weeks what we're going to do.

My son wants to go to his school of choice, but we don't have the

transportation. So, we're looking at help with finances, others we could carpool

and take turns with, alternative bussing, just anything. But there's one lady

that is in charge of all of it, and she always stops everything we try to do!

She's been a pain in my rear since we got into this school district!

Second choice, we are going to go see the other school. Just go take a tour,

meet some teachers, etc. My son agreed to just look. See what it's all about.

When I asked what he wanted, he said his first choice is to go to the school he

wants. His old school......... now the school of choice. But he'll look at the

new one. But he would rather me home school him. We've been doing it all summer,

unofficially, anyway. He's really done great in just the short time I've been

working with him. See, the problem with school now is that he's in 3rd grade

math, and he's going into 7th grade! The public school system has taught him

some stuff, but as I teach him, what I see are huge gaps of information that he

didn't get. So, he may tell time, but he couldn't tell me that an hour is 60

minutes, and a half hour is 30 mins. He got by sort of, by catching the final

points of the lessons. But he missed the middle parts of them. It's really hard

to go back now and try to fill in the gaps.

Anyway, since I've been teaching him all summer, he's getting so much more done.

He's really made amazing progress.

I have a major problem with this...............I don't mind home schooling my

son. He's learning more. We're closer than we've ever been. But my partner

doesn't want him homeschooled. I'm getting no support at all. My family doesn't

support much of anything I do with my son. And we have no friends. If I go

against my partner, what will happen to our already rocky relationship? I'm

blamed for giving my son more time. Duh! Yeah, I teach him 5 hours a day. So I

stay up til 3 am to be with my significant other......... I'm so tired.

I'm so worried about standing up for what I want to do, vs. what everyone else

is telling me to do.

Sorry for the rant.

Anyway, thank you all for your helpful responses. I truly appreciate every one.

Thank you.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Seems like your situation is pretty complicated. I think it is important that

your spouse or live in partner is on board with homeschooling. Talk it over and

see if something can be worked out. Maybe a trial basis?

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> Thank you all for your responses and support. I'm really torn here, and have

to decide within 2 weeks what we're going to do.

> My son wants to go to his school of choice, but we don't have the

transportation. So, we're looking at help with finances, others we could carpool

and take turns with, alternative bussing, just anything. But there's one lady

that is in charge of all of it, and she always stops everything we try to do!

She's been a pain in my rear since we got into this school district!

> Second choice, we are going to go see the other school. Just go take a tour,

meet some teachers, etc. My son agreed to just look. See what it's all about.

> When I asked what he wanted, he said his first choice is to go to the school

he wants. His old school......... now the school of choice. But he'll look at

the new one. But he would rather me home school him. We've been doing it all

summer, unofficially, anyway. He's really done great in just the short time I've

been working with him. See, the problem with school now is that he's in 3rd

grade math, and he's going into 7th grade! The public school system has taught

him some stuff, but as I teach him, what I see are huge gaps of information that

he didn't get. So, he may tell time, but he couldn't tell me that an hour is 60

minutes, and a half hour is 30 mins. He got by sort of, by catching the final

points of the lessons. But he missed the middle parts of them. It's really hard

to go back now and try to fill in the gaps.

> Anyway, since I've been teaching him all summer, he's getting so much more

done. He's really made amazing progress.

> I have a major problem with this...............I don't mind home schooling my

son. He's learning more. We're closer than we've ever been. But my partner

doesn't want him homeschooled. I'm getting no support at all. My family doesn't

support much of anything I do with my son. And we have no friends. If I go

against my partner, what will happen to our already rocky relationship? I'm

blamed for giving my son more time. Duh! Yeah, I teach him 5 hours a day. So I

stay up til 3 am to be with my significant other......... I'm so tired.

> I'm so worried about standing up for what I want to do, vs. what everyone else

is telling me to do.

>

> Sorry for the rant.

> Anyway, thank you all for your helpful responses. I truly appreciate every

one.

> Thank you.

> Kathy

>