| Do you sometimes wake up in the morning | | | | him to enroll. |
| second guessing yourself about your qualifications | | | | A few months into the school year, I realized |
| to homeschool your own children? Do your | | | | what a wonderful job I had done teaching him! My |
| thoughts run away with you wondering if you're | | | | standards for his education were miles higher than |
| making them "dumb?" I'm here to put your mind | | | | what was expected of him at the tech school, |
| at ease. | | | | and I'm not just talking about homeschool |
| First of all, even PRIOR to the start of the | | | | curriculum choices either. For example, I distinctly |
| academic years (Kindergarten), you WERE | | | | recall my Algebra II problems taking 2 to 3 pages |
| teaching your children. You taught them how to | | | | of writing paper to solve when I was getting my |
| smile, how to talk, how to sing, how to eat... how | | | | own high-school diploma. I also remember my |
| to walk, and more. You taught them these skills | | | | teacher giving us several of them as homework |
| without even realizing that you WERE | | | | EVERY night. My son, also taking Algebra II at the |
| homeschooling them! Did you ever feel inadequate | | | | public school establishment, came home with |
| about giving birth and changing diapers? Of course | | | | ZERO homework the ENTIRE school year. It |
| you did. It's the SAME with homeschooling. You | | | | wasn't because he was finishing anything in class |
| love them and you want the best for them, so | | | | either! It was the fact there was NO homework |
| questioning yourself is part of the equation. | | | | assigned! I kid you not --- they gave the students |
| Even if you sometimes think you're not cutting | | | | ONE problem to solve TOGETHER during class. |
| the mustard, I'm here to testify that you are | | | | What? I was floored at the lack of challenge and |
| doing just great! My oldest child was | | | | learning offered in this tax funded building. |
| homeschooled 3rd through 11th grade. At that | | | | Home school curriculum teaching isn't just about |
| point, he talked me into allowing him to enroll in | | | | the academics, though. It's a lifestyle. It's a |
| the local technical school (operated by the public | | | | thought process. It's a confidence you gain when |
| school system). Looking back, I clearly should | | | | you reach that "aha" moment that you ARE |
| have stood my ground with a solid, "No". | | | | already teaching them! So, why not teach them |
| However, against my better judgment, I allowed | | | | the book work, too? |