I just finished writing the withdrawal letter to the Kid’s preschool. His last day will be Friday, the morning of his Valentine’s party. This decision was made to give me time before kindergarten to see if homeschooling was a good option for our family, and I am pursuing this with Mike’s support. I talked to [...]
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“Work, work all week long…”
Through reading and talking with local homeschool families I’ve found that it is possible for me to continue my own education while providing the Kid with his. They all tell me it would be tough, but possible for me to study the last four classes I have via night school next year and then set [...]
Just as an example…
There are plenty of local resources with regard to homeschool events, including the Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga Zoo, Hunter Museum, and the Creative Discovery Museum.
Almost there.
I’m 90% convinced to give homeschooling a trial period of two years (barring any strenuous objections from Mike, of course). I have two big issues left that I’m working through/researching right now: 1. Nursing school. I have no idea if it’s feasible to expect I can still attend night school or not. 2. Would Mike [...]
School – something else to consider.
I’ve been talking to several different sources about this whole schooling decision, and one of the people, a teacher, pointed out that with magnet schools the Kid’s friends would be scattered all over the area, which can make it difficult for everyone to get together regularly. I hadn’t thought about that, but it’s a valid [...]
More weeding.
Two more potential magnet schools marked off the list for absolutely horrendous performance the past two years. Goes to show that just because it’s a magnet school doesn’t automatically mean it’s superior. I’m now down to one other magnet school, then the school we’re zoned for. Pretty sad in the scheme of things. I wrote [...]
Checking out kindergartens.
Things I’ve learned so far… 1. The likelihood of getting in to either CSAS or CSLA is close enough to nil that I’m not going to spend the time trying. Those are the only two magnet schools in Chattanooga that admit on a first-come first-serve basis, which currently has parents camping out a *week* before [...]
Note to self.
Just as the world is not in black and white, neither is it necessary to go into pursuits with the mentality of ‘all or nothing’.
