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Video Tuesdays Entry: I have a special place in my heart for kids struggling to finish highschool. Students who have dropped out, who are in the process of dropping out, or thinking about

 This week's carnival comes from New Orleans, (A city that captured my husband's heart).  Cajun mama Amy Bayliss did an excellent job putting the carnival  and gives you a peek into each entry.  Enjoy. FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE WalletPop Contributor

I have seen it written on many a message board that homeschoolers are lazy and one of the reasons they homeschool is so they don't have to get up in the morning to get the kids on the school bus or drive to school...  While that is crazy, as EVERYTHING we do is so much harder than just getting up in the morning, I am not ashamed to say that I am glad I don't have to take them to school every morning. If you follow my blog, you know that we homeschool on Mondays, and Wednesday through Friday.  On Tuesdays,

Can't fathom not being in mixed company  I finally had to teach the lesson today that I never, ever, wanted to teach.  I'd done a pretty good job avoiding over the years. NO, it is not about sex ed, or even higher math.  Those things don't scare me.  What scares me (or scared me) as teaching my African American Children about

A lot of homeschoolers complain about being accosted in public with people questioning them about homeschooling as if they have a personal stake in their children.  ( Mama Julep , who I just discovered writes about these intrusions, among other cool stuff.) Interestingly enough, no one does that to me... anymore. Maybe it's because my kids are 5'5" and 6'2" (they're both 4 inches taller than when this picture was taken)  and people rarely notice that they're school age.  Maybe it's because I've perfected a look that tells them "don't even go there".  But regardless,