After much debate and prayer, we finally made a decision. We are going to home school next year. As of now, it is just for the Kindergarten year.
I was going to write about how we came to this decision and why. However, I realized that it was a complicated decision that I could not adequately explain in a blog post.
There are many people around me who home school. It is fairly common here. We will not be social outcasts. There are a lot of resources both locally and on the Internet. I will be writing about some of them. Despite all of this, I am still scared of messing her up for life.
I have taught before. In fact taking my grad school teaching into account, I taught for almost twenty years. I have a minor emphasis for my Master’s in education. I know Bloom’s taxonomy. I can write and execute measurable objectives. I can create and follow rubrics. I have a lot of experience with assessment at a variety of levels. Despite all this , I am still scared of messing her up for life.
When I taught college, I had the pleasure of having many home schooled students in my classes. Most had always been home schooled. Most were excellent students and well adjusted human beings. Despite all of this, I am still scared of messing her up for life.
I was nervous to tell my public school teacher friends of my plans. I was really nervous to tell my retired principal mother-in-law. To my surprise my public school teacher friends were more than supportive, they were encouraging. Not surprising, my mother-in-law was supportive but a little more cautious. Despite all of this, I am still scared of messing her up for life.
However, after much debate and prayer, I know that homeschooling next year is the right thing to do.
