Lonelygirl15

PolkadotConfederation wrote:

Cloud_ax wrote:

PolkadotConfederation wrote:Yeah...*sighs* Even when things on the forums are slow, I still can't seem to drag myself off to get some work done. Kinda sucks. But today I have a lot to do, so I'm going to try to keep focused.

having a job makes me get away from here.

Not having a job doesn't get me away from here.

Same goes.

Aithne wrote:Yeah, but I have to leave in 2 hours. But until then.....

Nooooooooooooooooo *gasp*

Aithne wrote:Yeah, but I have to leave in 2 hours. But until then.....

i have to leave in a half hour.

Cloud_ax wrote:

Aithne wrote:Yeah, but I have to leave in 2 hours. But until then.....

i have to leave in a half hour.

wtf you guys.

everybody is leavinggggggg me. *sniffles*

sorry!

I have to take Colin to play with other homeschooled kids so he can be socialized (Don't want him biting people as a way of greeting others).

Aithne wrote:I have to take Colin to play with other homeschooled kids so he can be socialized (Don't want him biting people as a way of greeting others).

I hope you have fun with that! My friend's little brother is homeschooled, and he actually does bite people as a way of greeting them. It's disturbing.

PolkadotConfederation wrote:

Aithne wrote:I have to take Colin to play with other homeschooled kids so he can be socialized (Don't want him biting people as a way of greeting others).

I hope you have fun with that! My friend's little brother is homeschooled, and he actually does bite people as a way of greeting them. It's disturbing.

NO WAY! That is just too funny! We are part of a homeschool group, so Colin gets to go on field trips with other kids, and we do the park thing, and he takes Science classes at the local museum, so he is lucky to have a lot of exposure to kids. We don't homeschool for religious reasons, or because of negative influences at school (as many parents do). We homeschool because the Florida school system was failing my son.

Aithne wrote:
NO WAY! That is just too funny! We are part of a homeschool group, so Colin gets to go on field trips with other kids, and we do the park thing, and he takes Science classes at the local museum, so he is lucky to have a lot of exposure to kids. We don't homeschool for religious reasons, or because of negative influences at school (as many parents do). We homeschool because the Florida school system was failing my son.

Wow he's so lucky he gets to take science from a museum! I think I would've loveeeeeed that!
Why was the school system failing him?
I think school systems fail in general.

He is a math-minded child. He is 8, does math at a 4th/5th grade level, but he reads at a 1st grade level. He gets frustrated with reading and writing, because every time he finds (or is shown) a pattern (the rules of reading/writing Exp:when a word ends with an e the vowel in the middle says its name), he finds exceptions to the rule. He gets super frustrated with that, and shuts down for awhile. So we can't teach him to read using the standard methods. He has to just remember how each written word is spelled as if he were learning a new language and the written word is a picture of the word itself.
I didn't think that failing him would do him any good (since he would basically be spending the next 2 years learning nothing new in math, and be frustrated to the point of tears in Language Arts everyday.
Fact: Most math-minded students drop out as soon as they are of age.
Fact (ok, not really, but if you look around it sure seems that way): Most people in high positions (ie: CEO's, Scientist, Doctors... etc) suck at spelling and writing and have Admin. Assistants for that purpose.

Okay, I'll step off my podium now. Can you tell this frustrates me?

He loves his classes at the Museum. The following is a description of his next unit:

A Pirates Life for Me
Set sail for a nautical adventure. Design and build your own pirate ship. Test the waters and ssee how well you ship fairs in rough seas. Look to the starts to plot your course. Determine what shapes and what materials the vessels should be made of to hold the most caro. How many cannonballs will it take to sink the ship?

Kassia, darlin', do you want me to be obnoxious and ask Jackson for you? It's not what moms do...but I think an e-mom could get away with it...?

(and how in the world can I keep up with you guys - I have to go to two migrainie medical thingies...and I'm going to be gone for, like, 3 hours...I'll never make it!!)


Juli, YAY! I'll see you in August...this is so cool!!

I think we should open a new thread just for Kassia and Jonas

Aithne wrote:He is a math-minded child. He is 8, does math at a 4th/5th grade level, but he reads at a 1st grade level. He gets frustrated with reading and writing, because every time he finds (or is shown) a pattern (the rules of reading/writing Exp:when a word ends with an e the vowel in the middle says its name), he finds exceptions to the rule. He gets super frustrated with that, and shuts down for awhile. So we can't teach him to read using the standard methods. He has to just remember how each written word is spelled as if he were learning a new language and the written word is a picture of the word itself.
I didn't think that failing him would do him any good (since he would basically be spending the next 2 years learning nothing new in math, and be frustrated to the point of tears in Language Arts everyday.
Fact: Most math-minded students drop out as soon as they are of age.
Fact (ok, not really, but if you look around it sure seems that way): Most people in high positions (ie: CEO's, Scientist, Doctors... etc) suck at spelling and writing and have Admin. Assistants for that purpose.

Okay, I'll step off my podium now. Can you tell this frustrates me?

I completely understand what you're saying. School systems aren't designed to give everybody the individual attention that they need or deserve, and in special cases like with you son, I can see how it just wouldn't work out. That's why I left high school as soon as I was legally allowed. But I'm sure that your son is much happier being homeschooled than he ever would be in a public school. Just because he struggles with language arts shouldn't mean that he deserves to be restricted from doing higher level math if he's capable, and a curriculum designed around his needs is obviously a much better idea.