Wow! It's been a long time since I've posted.  Probably like alot of people, I've been busy prodding my kids along - trying to finish up some of our courses.  And probably like alot of you - tempted to call an end to this year and just go play!   Actually, this week was more play than work.  My husband has a company picnic each year for his office - complete with BBQ, boat rides, and a live band that consists of himself, my son, and one of his employees (who actually played for a living before settling down to a day job).  The point of this story is that, being that my children were there and not in school, some of his employees that don't know us very well, were curious about homeschooling.  One asked me if I had them make up work since they were at the picnic and not at school.  I said "it depends on what we're doing.  Since he's out here playing in the band, I consider that educational."   That stumped her for a second - then she nodded and didn't ask me anything else.   Anyway, later that day I began to think about that stupid phrase that ps people love to throw out - about the "real world".    And I thought - while all the ps kids were sitting at their desks that day, bored out of their minds or getting indoctrinated with lies, my kids were out in the real world - serving, fellowshipping with humans, learning about work relations, etc.

Then I had another lady pull the dreaded "homeschoolers are wierd" comment on me.  She was, of course, letting me know that back when her daughter was young, all the homeschoolers were wierd - to which I replied ----"Yeah, and I know alot of wierd public school kids too."    That kept her quiet for a while.

Why do people feel they can just blurt out the first, stupid thing that comes to mind about us?

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