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Aug. 21, 2006
Why is this so hard?
| Well, today was one of those homeschooling days I dread. I knew it was going to be bad right from the start. My 10 year old son had a bad attitude about his work from the beginning, and no matter what I did to try to improve it, nothing worked. Let me say that my kids attend a partnership school where they attend classes two days a week, and I homeschool them the other days with lessons assigned by their teacher. So, we don't have the flexability to say "we'll do it tomorrow" because they have to turn it in tomorrow! This can be stressful at times, following someone else's schedule, but I have learned that it is the best way for me to homeschool. Well, a normal work day for my fifth grade boy is about 4-4.5 hours. Today took about double that because he kept dragging it on and on. All the while I was hearing how it was too much work, and how he can't do it, and how public school kids don't have to do this much work. I felt like such a nag......constantly telling him to sit down and do his work. That is not how I wan't our homeschool days to be. It seems like homeschooling sometimes brings out the worst in us, not the best. Part of me says, if he wants to spend all day on his work, that is his problem. I shouldn't worry how long it takes him. But on the other hand, I don't want to still be dealing with school stuff when I have a million other things to worry about, like laundry and cleaning up and dinner. I can't be nagging him to do his work until dinner time. It is draining on both of us, and I end up getting ugly when I don't really want to. It is days like this that I wonder why am I doing this. How can this be making our relationship better? We aren't enjoying each other at all. How do I get him to work diligently and complete his work in a timely manner? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
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Aug. 21, 2006 - Are we related???
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