A-NNOY-ING

One of the things I can't stand, so I know my mom can't stand it either, is how people react whenever I say that my younger siblings are home schooled. Yeah, there is a stereotype of home school children...anti-social weirdos who smell a little, and are three years behind in their educations. So I find myself ALWAYS defending my mom's choice. They are NOT your typical home school kids, and my mom does NOT use the typical methods of teaching. I know few women who could actually pull it off the way my mom does, so I do take it a little personally every time someone scowls, or makes a comment, or asks if they are weird because of it. If people could only understand the million reasons why it's better to home school when it's done right, I think the reactions wouldn't be so blatantly rude. My mom is the smartest woman I know, regardless of "education" level. And she is the teacher I wish I could have had during my time in school...she actually cares, lets you learn at your own pace and in your own way, allows for curiosity, AND actually finds truthful answers to questions. Plus she likes doing it, so she's not the mean old teacher who's been doing the job for 30 years and hates kids. I guess the criticism will never stop, but it's worth putting up with, rather than putting more children through the awful public school system that's not teaching about God anymore, that now teaches homosexuality, that gives detention for EVERYTHING but only to the kids who don't deserve it, that stereotypes kids at age 10 and treats them accordingly for the rest of their school career, and that does not care at all about individual learning as long as the WASL and IOWA test scores are high enough...I'm gonna say that my "weird home schooled" siblings are way better off.