tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780247947713480636.post1340752418902469527..comments2023-07-26T09:00:50.086-05:00Comments on the hurricane ranch: shotgun schoolingHeidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006176893792484505noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780247947713480636.post-2290778873815317852011-08-23T07:30:35.338-05:002011-08-23T07:30:35.338-05:00This was a popular post with the Jens! ;) Thanks l...This was a popular post with the Jens! ;) Thanks ladies, and Jen, this insight has come only after five years of homeschooling and trying to be like everyone else, before I realized everyone else maybe didn't have it so hot. Homeschooling takes some dedication but a lot of it is common sense and relying on your instincts. You are the person who knows your children best, and that shouldn't be discounted!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006176893792484505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780247947713480636.post-10527536013412364012011-08-22T23:06:52.860-05:002011-08-22T23:06:52.860-05:00Wow. I started reading your blog tonight after you...Wow. I started reading your blog tonight after you started following mine after I posted on the hippies page on FB :)<br /><br />Anyway, I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome this post is. I'm going to have to bookmark it and come back to it. I'm a former public school teacher and librarian with a master's degree who married someone who was homeschooled (for the record, he also has a master's degree ;). I told him on one of our first dates that I hoped his mom didn't expect me to homeschool our children because I was a PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. <br /><br />And now I have kids. And there are very few people in the world who I trust enough to let them be responsible for teaching my children. My oldest is only 2, but I still am struggling with what to do about school. I'm pretty sure the whole thing is my own fault for declaring that I would never homeschool. God said, oh, yeah? Wanna bet? <br />I hope He's amused by my struggle :) <br /><br />But back to your post...you are exactly right about everything you wrote. Things only have to be taught one way...the way my kiddo learns best. I wouldn't have to teach and re-teach the same thing because those 5 kids didn't get it. He gets it, we move on. It's beautiful. You have officially pushed me more onto the side of homeschooling. For now. :) <br /><br />I'm excited to keep reading your blog and see what your life is like. So glad I found you!! (Does that sound creepy? Sorry if it does!! And sorry that this is the longest comment known to man! :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196539086983616400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780247947713480636.post-17239651514842997942011-08-18T12:15:11.389-05:002011-08-18T12:15:11.389-05:00Brilliant, Heidi!Brilliant, Heidi!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191469896923741400noreply@blogger.com