Homeschooling is the current buzz word. But it’s a scary word……It conjures up Laura Ingalls dress wearing, husband sharing, religious freak images….Doesn’t it? It’s for people on the fringe of society, those who think mainstream isn’t for them. And for the most part they are teased, the brunt of jokes and ostracised by society…….I’m guilty of it. No doubt. But …
School is back, Who’s ready?
Here, today, in this house the scramble for back to school was not so much a scramble as a drag my arse across the floor and cry like a baby. It was dark , it was cold and it sucked. Two young people are at the bench, trying desperately to get more sleep and not go back to school.
And Then…….. We Had to Send Them Back
Friday’s tragedy still weighs very heavily on my heart, as the details emerge, the senseless loss of life is still so hard to process. The young man was mentally unstable, his mother owned the guns, she died first in his rampage. The reasons he chose that school are unknown and will probably never be known.
Creepy Crawlies
With the start of the school year comes all those dreaded things we loath about school. The mountains of forms to fill out, the homework we know is gonna end in tears, the bully that often rears his or her head early in the term and those nasty little buggers…. Head Lice. Don’t you just hate it when the letter …
Coffee Time, Me Time, I’m Not With The Kids Time.
Can you hear that? Shhhhh……Listen, wait, are you sure? I can’t hear anything. I can’t HEAR anything….. I CAN’T HEAR ANYTHING… Ahhhhhhhh That’s right friends the kids are gone.. G O N E, gone, to school that is. So far this morning I’ve caught up with my peeps, had coffee uninterrupted, eaten a leisurely breakfast and walked the dog…. So …
Is it Time for School YET? or Please Let School Start Before I go Insane
We’re on the countdown for school to start. We’ve been home 4 days and Miss Gremlin has asked me 15 times if we’re going supplies shopping yet. I can’t even begin to think about facing that. Why is it so hard, why is everyone leaving it to the last minute? WHY do I have to fight 10 aggravated moms for …