Rough Week(s)

It was a rough school week for us, again. Michelle was grouchy and I was tired and busy and I’m not sure how we survived but we did. We tried a new schedule and it didn’t go quite as well as we’d hoped.

In the past, I’ve tried to give Michelle a light load on Mondays (to recover from the weekend) and Fridays (to prep for the weekend). One of the big problems with public/private schooling – holidays and weekends can really wreak havoc on kids, why fight it? Better to flow with it, right? But everyday she’s done a wee bit of most subjects. That’s all well and good but Michelle decided she would rather do one subject a day so she can really focus on some trouble areas for her (Chemistry, Geometry and reflexive verbs for Spanish 2). Hmmm, I didn’t think this would really work for her but we went with it.

I don’t know if it worked or not. I don’t know if it was the new schedule or if she simply wasn’t feeling good and I was stressed about work (and my birthday lol). I don’t know if we’re going to try that again next week or try something new. We’re going to work out her schedule together on Sunday.

Hopefullywe’ll have a better week.

homeschool

About My School.

First of all I should say that my school is the best
school in the whole world. I’m home schooled. I take online classes and my moms
supervise. I do much better home schooling than I ever did while I went to
regular schools.

Before I got my laptop I would do my work at the "computer formerly known
as Tarrant’s". Before my other mom got a new job and stopped working from
home this was her computer. Throughout the day you might also hear a lot of
growling either from my mom about work or from me about school. lol

One of the best things about my school is that I wear pajamas! It kind of sucks
because my back to school shopping is really dull. But at the same time I have
lots of cute pajamas now. I usually don’t wake up until ten or eleven and
finish my schoolwork by three at the latest. I watch a lot of daytime
television now. (Gilmore Girls 11, Channel 55, Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1,
channel 23, ect.) And if I’m stuck doing schoolwork when I’d rather be
listening to music, I just pop a cd in my computer.

Some downfalls of home schooling are that I don’t associate with people my age,
at all anymore. I do miss those first days of school. You wake up extra early
to put on the outfit you spent all day the day before perfecting. You do your
hair and make up and put on all your accessories. Then you march to the bus
stop waiting to see all of your friends or meet new ones with you new papers,
pens, erasers, notebooks and backpack. It’s a great feeling and yea sometimes I
miss it but I would much rather be home schooled then have to deal with all the
drama and the cliques. ugh…