Not Another Homeschool Blog

 Yes. I don't love these programs.   PACES (Accellerated Christian Education) Lifepacs (Alpha Omega Company) However, while the programs are problematic, they are not the whole problem.  

Unenroll?  Fill out paperwork? Choose curriculum? Create a schedule? All of these things are important but if you are a homeschooler (the type that teaches children themselves without the help of a teacher).... An OG homeshchooler, then you need to know this one important thing.  YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.  Confused?  Watch the video. 

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT AND THEN SOME... After not making a blog post for over a year, I am back with my second post in a week, but strange times calls for strange behavior, right?  Anyway, due to murmurings I am hearing on the homeschool boards I thought this was in order.  Many people need to know what to expect when they decide to homeschool. They need to know what the first step is and they are getting tons of misinformation when they call the school.   I have done the research, and you can find specific state information on several homeschool legal websites, but I found some inconsistencies, and dug further.  The rules are as follows:  There is no real notification required, as in you can just decide to homeschool and start homeschooling in Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, New Jersey, Alaska, Iowa, and Michigan.  In some of these states, you can opt to work more closely with the schools, or enroll under private schools, but it is no...

This post is not for homeschoolers, perse. It is for everyone!  Here's the thing. Bad things are happening right now, but let's just focus on Covid19 for a minute.  I live in the State of GA and it is turning into quite the virus hot spot right now.  Whether people want to admit it or not, it is more dangerous to be single and mingle, so to speak than it was the whole time we were doing shelter in space.   But let me get to the point.  Why are we sending kids back to school? We closed down pretty quickly last year when teachers started getting sick... immediately. What is going to change there?  In speaking to my teacher friends, I am hearing that they either report to work or they lose their jobs.  I feel like we are playing Roulette here.  Children are virulent. They pass colds and viruses quickly. What happens when teachers get sick and die? Subs?  They don't have insurance. They will die quicker.  So here is my thought, and I re...

This article spells it out pretty clearly. It is hard to ignore hard statistics and facts. At the end of the day, black children will endure less victimization and criminalization in the classroom by removing them from the classroom. Why Black Kids Should be Homeschooled

When kids contact me through social media, it is usually with the intention of getting ammunition to convince their parents to let them homeschool. Clearly, I am pro-homeschooling, but I am not so much for kids leading the charge to homeschool.  I mean, I'm kind of impressed with kids who bring it up, but homeschooling isn't the children's responsibility, it is the parents. The parent must put in hours each week into looking at curriculum, instructing, checking work, and keeping records.  Homeschooling is as much as a chore for the parent as the kid. The is why the parent must lead the charge to homeschooling, and not the child. In celebrity news, Rapper/personality T.I. had an argument with his teenage son about homeschooling.  When asked how school went the child said "school sucks" but homeschooling would not... WRONG!  Homeschooling a child who hated school is darn near impossible.  Once he gets his freedom he will not go back. In the argument, T.I. told...

Time flies so fast when you don't know which end is up.  All is well, and the good news is that I have all kinds of projects I am working on, from homeschooling to theatre. I am also trying to recover from the car accident I had in early fall.  It has created problems that are still just showing up.  Sigh.  But I am present, and sane, and reasonably well. Until next time. Oh, I have been writing myself mood picker-upers.  Here's one.