I have decided that society's resistance to homeschooling is all due to poor marketing. 

I'm changing my personal marketing strategy.  From now on, when people ask me what school my kids go to, I'm going to say:  "I found the perfect private school!"

They'll say:  "Oh?"  And I'll say "Oh yes!  We feel so fortunate to have found it.  This private school offers a low student-teacher ratio -- 3 students to 1 teacher!  Can you believe that?"  They will look shocked and say "NO!"  I'll say "Oh yes, just a 3 to 1 ratio and get this:  It is TOTALLY affordable!" 

"No way!"

"Oh, yes!  I spend well under $1,000 for all 3 kids in all 9 months of the school year.  And believe it or not, the curriculum is customized to the needs of each individual child!"

"Surely not!"

"Yes, and it gets better!  They have a meal plan that is included in the price -- plus, they serve only healthy food and no uniforms are required, so you don't have to deal with that extra worry or cost."

"Is it a Christian school?" my friend will ask. 

"Oh, yes.  And the classrooms are multi-aged for positive peer opportunities.  The older kids have the chance to mentor the younger to maximize their leadership skills and the younger get to learn proper behavior and skills from the older kids.  They get exposed to higher level curriculum at an earlier age that way, you know."

"Wow, that sounds great.  But don't you hate getting them up and driving them to school instead of just putting them on the bus?" 

"No, that's the best part -- it is really close to home."

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Posted by anotherblogonthefire

the private school is close to home...
It would be hard to get the kids ready for school when they've been up eating lemon popyssed bread at 10pm the night before!
I was eating ice cream with espresso on it just before that time last night - it helps me to sleep like a baby.

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Posted by SmallWorld

That is so awesome! Now if we could just REALLY say that instead of stuttering....

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Posted by anotherblogonthefire

Your lemon poppyseed bread didn't sweat?
Maybe it was because it was 91 degrees here yesterday (102 with the humidex) that my toast was sweating. Toast here just isn't used to that.

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Posted by ddmcnair

That was funny. I just don't think I could keep a straight face while saying it.
Donna

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Posted by tracinfamily

i enjoyed this excerpt.

it personally drives me insane when everyone assumes that you HAVE to go to public school. like there are no other options!

i feel like most of society feels that when your child is of the "school age" he/she is suddenly custody of the public school system. arghhhh!!! "you have to do this because they will be going to school next year!" my children aren't even school age and you don't know how many times i have heard this. i just feel like saying "back off! my husband and i can make those decisions. thank you."

i am tired of the assumptions that the public school system is the only way of life between the age of 5-18. give me a break!

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Posted by ApplesofGold

LOL-this is excellent. Thanks for sharing! Holly

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