Jan. 11, 2006 - Back to School
Today was the first day we all felt good enough (physically, anyway) to do a full day of school. 14yo daughter had a teary meltdown because she couldn't remember how to assign a function to a noun or remember geometric formulas. I spent a while showing her that if she looked back her memory would be jogged and she'd be good to go. She wasn't buying it...
Meanwhile, 9yo daughter is totally goofing off everytime I avert my eyes. And Grandma is calling every other minute telling me she has to go to the hospital immediately! (She had bladder surgery today but didn't have to be there until noon and her aide was taking her and I was meeting her. She probably spent an hour total over 20 phone calls arguing with me about silly stuff. )
So...I am feeling ready to simplify my life and buckle down to school for the next 7 or 8 months. We school through the summer here in Florida so we take off more time when the weather's nice. The only problem with that is that everyone else is off in the summer and think we are, too. That's why we end up schooling year-round, with mini breaks here and there. But it feels good to get back to a schedule after Christmas and being sick.
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Jan. 12, 2006 - Hi Hollsi
Posted by kleo30
Jan. 12, 2006 - I know what you mean!
Posted by Kg
We do take one week at Christmas, and the summer months off, plus anytime throughout the year if we travel. I would school year-round, but there are things that happen in the summer that don't happen other times, so it is really hard to keep it going. I just try to keep our lessons up for as long as possible as the summer approaches, until my kids kick up a stink!
We don't take March break - too many school kids running around loose!! ;~>
