G J asked:


Ok had to erase what I typed in because it was too long and didnt want to bore everyone. Ok I’ll try and keep this as short as possible. My daughter is A student. She’s in 3rd grade. Moved to a new school (nothing new for her since she were military) and now she had to adapt to 3 teachers and having a planner. I dont have anything against all that. I love planners and think they are a great idea for school. Her teachers are not giving her time to adapt to these new ways. She is a new student and started this January in mid semester. When I email her teachers I dont get a reply. I’m suppose to sign her planner and because I didnt sign one day (she forgot it at school) and because she lost her signed weekly score card (she lost it) she was told she was going to have detention. This was for her first week of school. Fine we can adapt to that but we did send an angry email to the principal because we were never explained the rules. My main concern is that the teachers write on the board what the student have to do for homework. Sometimes she doesnt understand what is asked of her but she states she’s too busy to ask because she has to go to her next class. I dont want her grades to suffer because she sometimes doesnt know what she needs to do for homework. I know she knows the stuff but it count against her if she doesnt turn in her assignments. This stresses her out too because she wonders if there was something else she was suppose to do because she sometimes puts her workbooks in her bag when she needs them for something but in her planner, it doesnt show for what. I would love to home school but there are so many things that would prevent me from doing it like I work full time 7-4…she can stay with my dad or mom during the day but they dont speak english. All they can do is make sure she does her work. Plus I would want her to be socialized. I want her to be with kids her age too. I dont want her grades to fail because of missed homework assignments. Plus I dont think my husband is too crazy about the idea of it. He feels that she would slack off if we are not around or if a teacher is not around to tell her what to do. I just want my daughter to continue to do well and she also feels like she’s not being challanged enough at school. Anyway….any ideas?
BTW the one before was longer. this is the short version
what kills me is that at her other schools I was able to view her assignments on the school website. But at her new school all it gives me are email addresses for the teachers. They also dont have grade speed so I cant tell what grades she’s getting on her assignments.

.vato. asked:


I’m to a breaking point. I love the idea of public schools, socially but the quality of education has me between a rock and a hard place. While I want my children to be able to do “normal” things I prioritize education BEFORE riding a yellow school bus, recess, and cafeteria food.

What made you choose to home school your children?

Are you a part of a home schooling group in your community?

What is a typical day like for you?

How do you get through the scrutiny of criticism for your choice?

I am a dedicated person. I’m an organizer and planner by nature. I love doing all those “teacher” things but at the same time I worry if I would be doing a disservice to my children by taking the less popular route.

Please, if you have any great home schooling sites with statistics or relevant information it’d be greatly appreciated! My children have yet to go to kindergarten so that would be where I’d be starting at.

Thank you all for your thoughts and information!