tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post2702573634230979670..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: We're All Patient, So Shut Up Already...Suburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-32270596503473604642010-08-30T23:06:12.727-04:002010-08-30T23:06:12.727-04:00Thanks for making me feel better about the patienc...Thanks for making me feel better about the patience thing - I'm not patient enough but I'm still doing it! Also, there are lots of ways to homeschool - even for mothers who are overwhelmed and organization under-achievers like me! I use a program that allows me to be more of a "Teacher's Aide" and takes the pressure off so the process is happier for all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926356346392191961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-84717649050217701172008-07-08T14:00:00.000-04:002008-07-08T14:00:00.000-04:00Here via the CoH.The one key factor that is missin...Here via the CoH.<BR/><BR/>The one key factor that is missing in the discussion is the impact traditional school has on kids. I can't emphasize enough what a <B><I>*HUGE*</B></I> improvement in my oldest's behavior and attitude when I was finally able to quit my full-time job and pull her out of daycare. She went from being very difficult to handle to being a sweet, polite, and compliant child.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be able to homeschool my DD if she was like the way she used to be when she was in day-care full-time. But homeschooling her now is relatively easy!Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-20565367851990532492008-05-25T22:00:00.000-04:002008-05-25T22:00:00.000-04:00I teach in public schools, but I do think home sch...I teach in public schools, but I do think home schooling is great for many families. I long ago solved the "fund raiser" dilemma by offering the PTA $50.00 at the beginning of the school year to leave my children out of it. Now it really bugs me to sit in assemblies where they bribe kids with the prospect of rewards of cheap junk if sell their neighbors and friends other cheaply-made but overpriced junk. Why not just ask for cash donations and be done with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-15958317414784543632008-05-23T09:26:00.000-04:002008-05-23T09:26:00.000-04:00Patience is a virtue I don't posess! Great post!!...Patience is a virtue I don't posess! Great post!!SabrinaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347329403278847816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-64188988567788512382008-05-22T20:16:00.000-04:002008-05-22T20:16:00.000-04:00I truly believe your patience grows to meet the ne...I truly believe your patience grows to meet the need. People always think I'm so patient, which I'm not, I just have a higher threshold than the average bear because I've been desensitized by my kids. After a while what once drove you up a wall is just so everyday you don't even flinch. As for fighting, I agree, kids are going to fight no matter what, they seem to have an RDA they want to meet. I think (hope) they are learning a lot from this fighting.Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851446861098955538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-36465516581757481702008-05-22T09:57:00.000-04:002008-05-22T09:57:00.000-04:00Wow - does that getting the fights overwith in the...Wow - does that getting the fights overwith in the morning then having a peaceful afternoon thing work?? It sounds wonderful!jenfromRIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157224479180515626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-84718261597803214752008-05-21T16:56:00.000-04:002008-05-21T16:56:00.000-04:00Hi I keep seeing your comments on Dawn's Blog an...Hi<BR/> I keep seeing your comments on Dawn's Blog and they are always so funny! SO I finally am dropping by. And your Post is very funny! Patients is something I could always use more of.<BR/><BR/>Sending smiles your way!<BR/><BR/>JennJenn's finding life funny!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730580992277032235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-89961426273055405052008-05-21T15:31:00.000-04:002008-05-21T15:31:00.000-04:00Way back when I was a single mom raising my little...Way back when I was a single mom raising my little ones, I hadn't even heard of home-schooling. I think I would have been the happiest person on the planet to explore the world with my kids everyday, rather than taking my kids to public schools and sub-standard afterschool care while I worked ten hours a day in a mind-numbing job. You are truly blessed.Angela Williams Dueahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570848895164313428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-35229082090518040702008-05-21T12:41:00.000-04:002008-05-21T12:41:00.000-04:00I love your blog, and this post piqued my interest...I love your blog, and this post piqued my interest. I struggled with the idea of homeschooling my kids at various points in their educational careers. However, as the wife of a 35 year classroom veteran (high school biology, I do kind of buy into the ideals of public education. In the case of my own personal children, the oldest actually benefited from resources available through the public school system that I could not have provided at home. I also considered pulling my second out of middle school for a while because she was so unhappy. However, I reached the conclusion that she was prepared to be unhappy no matter where she was - home, her school, or the other school we considered-- and she did NOT want to leave her friends at that school. As she has gotten older, she has gotten clingier and needier, to the point that as an 18 year-old high school senior, she refuses to do her homework unless I keep her company. I think that if she did not have to go to school, she would latch onto me physically in a leech-like fashion and we would never be separate. I need her to learn independence, which she is resisting, and that always discouraged me from keeping her home to school her. I think I'm going to have to push this baby bird out of the nest. The other one flew away on his own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-83261781761725082932008-05-21T11:17:00.000-04:002008-05-21T11:17:00.000-04:00First let me say. my husband is a high school teac...First let me say. my husband is a high school teacher. (So thats upfront) and he has his problems with the school thing also. <BR/><BR/>ANyway. Very well said. Great postKellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161414902354928622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-30187116661726644592008-05-21T10:28:00.000-04:002008-05-21T10:28:00.000-04:00I get the "patience" comment all the time just bec...I get the "patience" comment all the time just because I'm the mother of seven. My stock answer, "Just ask my kids how patient I am. They'll tell you the truth!"Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833496035710371887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-9700057953176375812008-05-21T07:43:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:43:00.000-04:00You know, I WOULD homeschool my kids in a heartbea...You know, I WOULD homeschool my kids in a heartbeat if there were ANY other homeschooled kids locally - but there aren't. I think we'd have fun, though....Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-11044682793205789102008-05-21T07:08:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:08:00.000-04:00tootsie - This is exactly what I mean! If I'm sho...tootsie - This is exactly what I mean! If I'm showing my kid something in math, and he doesn't get it, I either decide he's not ready for it and put it away; or I just sit down and show him how I do the problems. And I keep doing that until one day, he gets it. I don't explain anything, ever. I don't even know how. How do you explain something like a noun? It is what it is.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-88512068672306759102008-05-21T01:54:00.000-04:002008-05-21T01:54:00.000-04:00You put it perfectly! I am going to formally adopt...You put it perfectly! I am going to formally adopt your let's-get-the-fighting-over-in-the-morning curriculum. See, I told you I learned all the best tips from other homeschooling moms.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-86504828089006013152008-05-21T01:19:00.000-04:002008-05-21T01:19:00.000-04:00I used the word patience in my comment to Mrs. G's...I used the word patience in my comment to Mrs. G's post. But I don't mean patience to spend those hours with my children that they would spend if they were in a public school. I completely lack the patience to explain something to a child (anyone, really) that I already grasp. God help them if they ask me to help them with their homework. If they don't get what I'm saying after the first couple of times, I'm like "ask your teacher tomorrow because I don't know how else to explain this to you so that you understand".<BR/><BR/>I think that's why I dreaded potty training so much. I was like "You pee! In the potty! Why don't you get that?"<BR/><BR/>I don't know why I felt like I needed to explain that but I did.<BR/><BR/>I admit, too, that I'm ignorant about what homeschooling entails. Up until Mrs. G's post I pictured the parent(s) sitting at the table with their kids doing a regular (public) school's day of work. Only at home.Tootsie Farklepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-26910355709954257202008-05-20T22:24:00.000-04:002008-05-20T22:24:00.000-04:00Thanks, My Children know that I am not the most pa...Thanks, My Children know that I am not the most patient person in the world...Ha! We homeschool anyway.<BR/>God sent me three wonderful children who would have been beaten up by the school system...I know, I taught in it for 13 years.<BR/>#1 would have been medicated, #2 would be in psychiatric counseling...God knows what they would do to #3. Thank the Good Lord that my huband trusted me that this was the right direction...Even BEFORE we had children we knew we would homeschool them!<BR/>Thankfully we have aback yard, a basement and lots of art supplies!<BR/>Blessings, EJTElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-73547728928840125162008-05-20T22:03:00.000-04:002008-05-20T22:03:00.000-04:00So what you're saying is that your homeschooled ki...So what you're saying is that your homeschooled kids actually do get social interaction?<BR/><BR/>Just kidding. That was such a pet peeve of mine. I actually had less fighting and more chores done when they were home with me than now that they're in school. I miss homeschooling.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037928148778848386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-73495240909583486552008-05-20T20:21:00.000-04:002008-05-20T20:21:00.000-04:00Maaaan! You just blew my cover. I wanted everyon...Maaaan! You just blew my cover. I wanted everyone to think I was the goddess of patience. <BR/><BR/>Guess I can scream a little louder at my kids now. Who cares what the neighbors think, right?Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02763405062458388462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-35229062095576831952008-05-20T19:46:00.000-04:002008-05-20T19:46:00.000-04:00I tried home schooling my oldest daughter 7th grad...I tried home schooling my oldest daughter 7th grade and 10th grade. She is very easily distracted. I had to sit beside her and refocus her attention , or she would forget what she was doing. Go up stairs to get her book, not come back down. Mom finally goes up after a few minutes to find she is reaing a fun book, and hasn't found her school book. Find the book for her. Bring her back down stairs. Sit her down again, She gets up to go to the bathroom, ends up in the living room using the computer on her way back. It was either send her back to the public school or strangle her.mommeeof10https://www.blogger.com/profile/03611832953435781430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-64509967780367606242008-05-20T19:09:00.000-04:002008-05-20T19:09:00.000-04:00Love this post - it is so well-written. I am not a...Love this post - it is so well-written. <BR/><BR/>I am not a homeschooling parent but I have thought about it a little and have always jumped to the conclusion that I'm not patient enough. :) So thank you for busting that myth... it gives me hope that, if the time is ever right, I will be able to commit to homeschooling. My sister is starting this coming year with her teenage son and I think I will direct her to this post.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I came upon your blog via Sue @ Navel Gazing. You both are very talented!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-42187306867498383152008-05-20T18:07:00.000-04:002008-05-20T18:07:00.000-04:00amy - My point exactly - we all have to tolerate s...amy - My point exactly - we all have to tolerate some sort of inconvenience in order to make sure our children are educated.<BR/><BR/>mom24 - homeschooling? summer? why?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-4235955553046786772008-05-20T17:14:00.000-04:002008-05-20T17:14:00.000-04:00I have no patience. What I have is stubbornness. S...I have no patience. What I have is stubbornness. Since we truly think that <I>right now</I> (emphasis added because I have no crystal ball) homeschooling is the right thing to do, I'm doing it. I've also decided that the challenges of homeschooling are less, for me, than the challenges of conforming to someone else's schedule would be. I honestly don't think I'm up for the task of getting kids out the door and on the bus at an unholy hour of morning, with a lunch, no less, and then making them do homework (why homework? what do they DO all day there anyway?) and participating in fundraisers and doing all the extra stuff and parent-teacher conferences and what-all else the schooled kids' parents have to deal with. God love them, I couldn't do it.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-38545381724230826832008-05-20T13:41:00.000-04:002008-05-20T13:41:00.000-04:00Well said. I believe all kids require different t...Well said. I believe all kids require different things from different people and situations--and they all need a good bicker with another person (usually a sibling) as part of their development. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but mostly, well, we're all just DIFFERENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-16366002649811488742008-05-20T12:55:00.000-04:002008-05-20T12:55:00.000-04:00I agree, no patience, just chocolate. We had a scr...I agree, no patience, just chocolate. We had a scripture every week, and whenever one of the kids memorized it, they got a candy bar. The first one always made the other kids hurry and memorize it too, since they were entirely jealous the other one had a candy bar!<BR/>We don't call it bribery. We call it motivation. We are all motivated by different things. I happen to be motivated by chocolate too!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-6189018518986750592008-05-20T12:39:00.000-04:002008-05-20T12:39:00.000-04:00Thank you. I am really struggling with this. I t...Thank you. I am really struggling with this. I think I'm going to give homeschooling a VERY trial run this summer. I have a list of goals I want to accomplish--some very basic science experiments, language arts goals, crafting. If it goes well, I may give it a try. There are aspects of it that really appeal to me, but I do find it overwhelming, scary and awesome. We'll see....Mom24https://www.blogger.com/profile/00061152728345287775noreply@blogger.com