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Homeschool Questions and Criticisms
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Here’s one that I put on the other post, but thought you might enjoy hearing it here:
“You’re not going to let your kids get weird, are you?”
I almost choked on my coffee when I heard that question for TWO different friends–none other than public school teachers. Go figure. I had just heard about how horrible their classes were this year–the word “monsters” was actually used. If my kids are “weird” for not being part of that world, so be it!
Faith 🙂
Faith, I forgot all about that one; thanks for the reminder. My step-grandmother, who is a retired public school teacher, also made the “wierd” comment when we first started homeschooling. She said, “Homeschooling is fine for a couple of years, but anything more than that and kids start to get weird” She must really think her grandkids are weird now because we’ve gone way past the ‘couple of years’ mark. 😉 I look forward to hearing how you would all answer that.
I am all for the snappy one liners, but I usually leave that to my DH. He even came up with the name for my blog which is The secret lies with Charlotte. Does anyone here get the reference?
Here is one of my one liners for the salt and light verse. I don’t remember Matthew 28:19-20 being addressed to children.
Here is a more “smart &%&” response to, I can’t wait for my children to go back to school they just drive me crazy. My response, maybe you drive them crazy too. Or a more gentle response, especially if they said that in front of their children. “How do you think that makes them feel?” Here is another one “If you can’t stand them, how can anyone else?”
Here a general response I use frequently, “I didn’t have my children for someone else to raise and my children aren’t just a hobby to me.”
I’ll have to ask my DH for more because he is usually very good with the one liners.
I get it, I get it..I never get movie references because we don’t watch a lot of movies…but I watched that one..I won’t give it away.
Shelly
Christy,
I LOVE your blog name, how clever! Also, good insight to Matthew 28, I’ve never thought of it that way, but you are absolutely correct. I really like your comment about your children not just being a hobby to you, that is perfect (but should probably be used delicately lest another person think you are accusing them of being a bad parent!). Thanks for sharing!
Rachel
Nice job everyone on the socialization question! Feel free to keep adding to that topic if you think of anything else.
I just posted question #2: Homeschooling Q&A: What about science labs? Have at it.
BTW, ChristyH, We got the reference so here’s a challenge: Can you spot the Landmark book about Abraham Lincoln in that movie? 🙂 (FYI, Landmarks are a series of living history books for children published by Random House in the 1950s, 1960’s, and early 1970s. Each book covers a great event or personality in US or world history. Many are out of print but a few have been brought back with new cover art.)
Okay, I feel really slow here 😕 , I don’t get the reference to ChristyH’s blog title. Can anyone fill me in?
“The secret lies with Charlotte” is from the film National Treasure, it’s a clue. Very clever Christy!!!
Time to post another question in our series of questions and criticism about homeschooling:
Everyone please click over there and jump in with your answers. There have been some great answers to the previous questions so I’m looking forward to what you all have to say.
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