Not Another Homeschool Blog

Nikki attended Boyle County High School for ninth grade and part of 10th grade. She then switched to homeschooling and completed all of her homeschooling curriculum in a year. So, having earned her homeschool diploma, she took the ACT and applied to EKU. The application process was the same as if she had graduated from public school at the age of 18, and Nikki was accepted. http://www.amnews.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=15013&format=html

Yes! It really happened! Locally.... I have to tell ya!... If it had been my kid, I would have been arrested for injuring the teacher! http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=063898 “I saw a note from a teacher, saying, ‘Good luck next year. Don't lick anyone else's toes. You're silly. Love, Mrs. Kilpatrick,’” said Denise Strozier, the student’s mother. “So, I'm, like, okay. What is this about licking somebody's toes?”She says her son, a student at Temple Elementary School, then described inappropriate physical contact this past February with teacher Jody Kilpatrick in front of a dozen other children. and now a week later... the teacher is being defended by other parent! http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=64020 Dina Shumake said the accusation could scare teachers away from befriending their students. “Jodi's there for them, and now, you know, what is this telling our teachers -- you can't even get close to them,” Shumake s...

I've spent much of the last month reviewing with the kids for standardized tests... Jackson is scoring 90% on practice tests, and Jordan still has a few things to review. we are coming down to the wire.... Jackson will get the real test on Friday, and Jordan will probably next friday... Then we move on to our summer schedule, Reading, reading, reading, reading comprehension, some math for Jackson to be sure he is prepared for Algebra next year and penmanship for Jordan.

I came across this article today on the internet... http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31319.asp My daughter once told some college friends she had been homeschooled. Someone said, "Your mom must really love you. My parents would never be willing to spend so much time with me." My son, after listening to moms talk about how they couldn't wait until summer ended and the children went back to school, said, "I feel sorry for those kids that their mothers don't love them."Homeschooling is about a lot of things, but most of all it's about love. wow!.. Now I love homeschooling my kids, but I would never jump to such assumptions about non homeschoolers... that is just as bad as the articles that say all homeschoolers are child abusers. The writer had a nice intent, but it sends a negative message.

As homeschooling becomes more and more integrated into my life I find the need to journal about it less and less. So I have to apologize to anyone dying to know what homeschooling is like. It is a lifestyle... plain and simple. Anyway, here is where we are right now. We had a rough year curriculum wise. The kids Started out using an online site that became less and less homeschool friendly as the public schools took it over. So we switched to the basics and used a "textbook" that shows what your kids should know each year. We are finishing those books this week and beginning preparation for standardized tests. School Zone has great $2.00 workbooks that cover all the basics and are great for review. I will let you know how the testing comes out. For next year, Jack will be in a middle school program called Cordis which is an extension of his arts and history enrichment program called Masters Academy of Fine arts. So basically he will be in "school" 2 days a week and ...

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have you heard about public schools latest and greatest idea??? F stands for fat? exerpt: Some school officials and parents said Wednesday the legislation goes too far. "It's ludicrous," said Mike McGowan, spokesman for Cherokee County schools. "There may be a problem, but why is that public education's responsibility? What does that have to do with reading, writing and arithmetic?" Sharon Riviere, a mother of three children in DeKalb County public schools, said a child's body mass index and weight are nobody else's business. "Can you imagine the teasing that would go on?" said Riviere, who has worked in health care and noted that weight is a subject people want kept confidential. Georgia would not be the first to grade students' weight. Arkansas requires body mass index to be included along with grades on students' report cards. Pennsylvania will begin measuring students' body mass index by 2008, and Texas is con...