Not Another Homeschool Blog

One of the coolest things about homeschool blogs and email groups and homeschool groups is that you get to learn from the mistakes of others.  So here's what I learned this week. When you homeschool, you need to hold on to your homeschoolers paperwork i.e. homeschool portfolio with samples of your children's work.  Test results and every piece of paper that was required from every school for admission.  If you have space, just hold onto all four years of homeschool documentation until they have their college diploma in hand.  In addition, hold on to all correspondence from the colleges they are admitted to, especially  any

 I've been getting calls from a person who I suspect wants me to homeschool their kid. Since we are of close relation, that wouldn't be a problem except that since they live far away, so homeschooling their kid would involve moving their kid into my home. Don't get me wrong, I want to help, but I don't want to raise any more kids. I am looking forward to my last year as an active homeschooling parent and don't really want to tack on a few more years as mommy to a teenager.   I get the sense that they feel homeschooling would be impossible for them without proper training, special permission and guidance from the school district, but that is not going to happen... and it doesn't have to.  If homeschoolers can teach their own ADHD, developmentally delayed, and Autistic children successfully without a special education degree , you can certainly homeschool a child - your perfectly normal child

Bullying has gone too far when middle schoolers attach a school bus monitor  It is difficult to find someone who hasn't been bullied or has done bullying themselves. Back in my day, the response was "kids will be kids", or "it's a part of growing up", and it was just dismissed. When kids were especially brutish, parents tended to deny that their child had ever done such a thing. Currently, there is no denying the current bullying culture when kids record their bad deeds and post them online for all to see.  read full article here FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE

 Have you ever noticed just how long the lists of famous homeschoolers is getting?  After coming across one such list, I had to call foul on a common entry.  More and more people are reporting that Whoopie Goldberg was homeschooled.  This is not true.  Whoopie Goldberg dropped out of high school. Whoopi Goldgerg didn't even make it through the first month of high school before dropping out.  Two weeks in, she quit.  She didn't know that she had dyslexia, which was why she

Last month, my son was finishing high school, graduating, and enjoying a series of lasts.   Today, I made his first college tuition payment, and had his final transcript notarized  to give to the college.   I guess that saying, "when one door closes, another opens" is very true. FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE   MY BUSINESS WEBSITE

When I was a senior in high school we had a series of pranks that we now affectionately refer to as the AP Chem-Bio Wars. I'm not sure what started it, but when the dust cleared there was a fetal pig hung from the ceiling in the biology lab room, and the AP chemistry students were covered with formaldehyde (distributed in balloons)....   Don't even think about trying these things in today's schools.  Full article here: http://www.examiner.com/article/senior-pranks-are-no-laughing-matter?cid=db_articles FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE

I just got off the phone with a writer for Atlanta Homeschooling Magazine.  She wanted to interview me on money and homeschooling.  We stayed on the phone for an hour.  I can't believe how much information just poured from me.  I guess I do know a lot about homeschooling, including the most important thing...  there always more to learn. I think I am going to really love life after homeschooling as long as I continue to be involved in the movement. FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE   MY BUSINESS WEBSITE