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RE: THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN
Ya I only finished my high school. Just barely too. You are right, I mean look at Avia! She is so intelligent and in tune with herself and her surroundings. I could write a page about her. You have showed her all of that and I always thought that it was because of everything you know, knowledge that I dont have.
@foxyspirit believe in yourself and your abilities. You are fully capable of teaching your children. You know them the best. There are plenty of resources out there if you want to teach the math, reading and science. I agree with all the comments about teaching all the stuff that the system doesn't teach. We have a friend who teaches the school work but she has gotten her children involved in Jujitsu and she takes classes with the children like cooking, bush crafting, canoing down the river. There is so much out there that you can show/teach them. These extra skills can also teach them the math and science etc. They are just having fun learning and it is not from a book.
It is a worry I have as a mother to not be enough for my kids. I will have to teach myself to be more believing that I do have the capacity. As @earthmother has told me before, it takes a community to raise a child. And what you say here is just that. Teaching through different activities does do that. Thank you for bringing this to light. It is almost like a reawakening, or a new way of seeing. ^_^ I appreciate this knowledge you all share.
Happy to help. It does take a community to raise a child. We are not ment to do it alone. The nice thing is you have the internet to assist you. When we were raising our children there wasn't as much content up on the internet as there is now. I did find many lesson plans and wonderful activities to do with my kids when I was homeschooling. You have the world at your finger tips.
I struggled with highschool math. as soon as letters are mixed up in numbers...OMG!! WHO DOES THAT?!?! LOL But i know that there are resources that can be found, if that is what Avia wishes to pursue. Through this whole process I have strong belief that Avia has a strong core. Being balanced emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual. I just couldnt hand her over to systems. When the CPS came, they couldn't find anything, so they were going to go down the road of Avia being developmentally delayed. Because I unschool her, she is learning in a completely different way. I am not a stickler for her printing not being precise. I am thrilled that she LOVES to print. Her thought is that she is going to write cursive, because it is prettier. She will get it, she reads it in the books. So i dont think it is necessary to sit her down for 8 hours a day...5 days a week..and MAKE her do it. That is just an example.
I think i know how you are feeling, as i did the same for my older 2 kids. I was married, younger, and was scared to rock the boat. I completely understand. That is why I am so grateful for being able to do this with Avia. Taking that leap of faith. Knowing that there is support of good, real people. xoxoxo Love you my sister!!!
Actually, algebra was awesome for me. I loved to do it lol. Trigonometry not so much.
Thank you for understanding how it is. I feel as though there will be a lot of arguments, disappointments and people talking behind backs and so forth if it is something that I can do. I have to be ready and strong with it. I may be the one person to do it in this community, against a whole lot of others is something else.
I know that feeling well. Trust me. Xoxo