tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post6713278218079161322..comments2021-09-12T21:04:17.093-04:00Comments on Elsie and Joe Deluxe: oh. my.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-57320818555134866512008-04-21T19:29:00.000-04:002008-04-21T19:29:00.000-04:00REading Theresa's response clarifies something for...REading Theresa's response clarifies something for me. I think part of the problem is that, like your post on teaching and homeschooling, school and homeschool are not the same thing. So the longer I homeschool the more I really enjoy the lifestyle. And the fact that I am self-employed helps. And the other changes we are making in our family at the same time. School just makes less and less senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-9114283138531133742008-04-21T12:19:00.000-04:002008-04-21T12:19:00.000-04:00I've really spent some time thinking about this qu...I've really spent some time thinking about this question and I can't imagine an answer either! Which is not to say I think all schools are awful, just that for now I prefer homeschooling.<BR/><BR/>The things that have seemed tempting to me from other schools: radical ability grouping (that is, not just within one grade level), schools with an attached wilderness or working farm that is part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-57887418601485505212008-04-20T01:18:00.000-04:002008-04-20T01:18:00.000-04:00Doesn't make sense to me, either, but for sort of ...Doesn't make sense to me, either, but for sort of opposite reasons as Jove. My son was actually doing well in school when I pulled him out, so homeschooling for me isn't about what's wrong with schools (although, there certainly is stuff wrong).<BR/> <BR/>I am homeschooling because I love it. All of it. I love being with my kids, I love learning with them side by side, the freedom of it, the joy Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681800417597386171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-76565034615757197282008-04-19T12:15:00.000-04:002008-04-19T12:15:00.000-04:00I love this question, it makes us think about our ...I love this question, it makes us think about our own specific children AND education as something a society does, but I think the question is hard for some homeschoolers, who have been pushed into a defensive position by the overwhelming negativity of their school experience. Seeing one's child suffering, one looks for an alternative, and in defending that alternative from the many attacks and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-62256268260946552382008-04-19T10:08:00.000-04:002008-04-19T10:08:00.000-04:00Jove, I think it is the very fact that the questio...Jove, I think it is the very fact that the question doesn't make sense to you that is fascinating to me. I'm encountering lots of people in real life for whom the question also does not make sense. <BR/><BR/>More to come, for sure.Lizabeth Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285701124252639728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-48559629393951207562008-04-19T09:20:00.000-04:002008-04-19T09:20:00.000-04:00Oh, and I don't mind the blogging about knitting. ...Oh, and I don't mind the blogging about knitting. I started out as a knitblogger (as my blog title probably indicated to you). I worry the same thing about the knitters who visit (or used to visit) my blog.<BR/><BR/>Housekeeping is not my thing (I've noticed the kitchen floor is sticky but I might not do anything about it, for example) but if that's what you want to blog about, it's fine with me Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-18432537820308133162008-04-19T09:18:00.000-04:002008-04-19T09:18:00.000-04:00The question makes no sense to me. I only started ...The question makes no sense to me. I only started homeschooling when school wasn't working. So I would only send her to school if homeschooling wasn't working or wasn't likely to work. And when I say "school wasn't working", I don't mean that it wasn't giving her the best possible education, but rather that it was making her very unhappy.<BR/><BR/>So my bar is not "what model gives the best Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-91195695015794503332008-04-18T23:23:00.000-04:002008-04-18T23:23:00.000-04:00a resource community essentially - a safe nurturin...a resource community essentially - a safe nurturing place that families are welcome and see what organically grows from that.<BR/><BR/>i'm excited to see what others say...Ipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071918975278584467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-33030008054236694982008-04-18T23:05:00.000-04:002008-04-18T23:05:00.000-04:00Is it possible for you to imagine a school to whic...<I>Is it possible for you to imagine a school to which you would send your <BR/>kids?</I><BR/><BR/>After a friend of mine got seriously ill and had to send her kids to school I did give it some thought. <BR/><BR/>The Sudbury model sounds interesting to me, but I've only read about it and I'd have to see it firsthand for a while before making a decision. I don't think there are any Sudbury-type Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27318902.post-53931713677753215312008-04-18T22:07:00.000-04:002008-04-18T22:07:00.000-04:00Yeah, I noticed the "keeping house" category is pr...Yeah, I noticed the "keeping house" category is pretty high over there. I just don't have time to look at them all right now!<BR/><BR/>You mean, you don't sit around all day thinking up deep thoughts for your blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com