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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Homeschooling

Well I am about to embark on a journey that I swore I would never do again; homeschooling Katie.
A couple of years ago, I felt that Katie needed to be homeschool to catch up in school and really get a one on one education. Now I do feel like this is what God wanted me to do, but good grief it was a nightmare!! Anyway she could cheat she would, she would sneak answers from every source. She would not do the work, and would sit for hours refusing to do it. Now I dont blame her completely for the nightmare, I do take some respondsibility myself. My brother had just passed when we started the school year, and I found out I was pregnant. So it started off a little bad, we couldnt find a good groove and I wasnt very impressed with the homeschool program that I chose.And towards the end I spent most days driving to and from the doctors for my appointments. So by the end of the school year, her and I were both ready to call it quits. And at that moment I think her and I both had the same thought "We are never doing that again!!" I mean I think in some ways it was a good experience for us, I can see now why God wanted me to homeschool her. I do understand her a lot better, she was able to do better in school the following year.
So fastforward a couple of years, and we are going to start this again. It came to quite a shock to me what crappy schools Hawaii really have. I was warned, but was not aware the kids would have to deal with the things that they have. The teachers are very mean, to the point that they yell at the students, kids are really cruel to each other, the schools do not teach american history, only hawaiian history, Katie in particular have seen kids making out at school (even homosexuals), she found a condom in the bathroom, have witnessed many fights, and is to the point of being scared to go to school. I feel so bad for the kids. I have already started homeschooling Sarah, which I am enjoying alot. I believe that Katie should be homeschooled, because she is really struggling with all the garbage she witnesses everyday.
I am starting to think that eventually I will be homeschooling all the kids. Which of course Derek said would probably happen. I will have to set up a classroom in the house, and be referred to as Mrs. Ganley. :)
So starting on Monday, I will now have 4 children at home during the day. What happened to the thoughts of your children going to school during the day and you get a few hours of freedom?! Those seem to be fading dreams.

3 comments:

csvan said...

You have my sympathy! I am REALLY looking forward to having the kids in school! I think I'd go CRAZY if I had to teach them myself.

csvan said...

We're staying home & handing out candy. Anything else is too much work!

Unknown said...

Are you going to let your kids trick-or-treat when they get older?