jo_anne_storm | My New Title is Jo: Home School Guru!

One of my friends... Would I really call her a friend? Associate? Fellow Army Wife? Anyway, she had a family emergency and had to pull her kids out of school to go deal with it. It happens. Only now there's a threat of going to court for truancy, because her kids will have been out of school for more than 10 days in the school year.

So I have spent the past hour and a half walking her through the home school process/life/options/etc. Not including the hour I did the same last night. Which is fine, I'm glad to help. I just find it amusing that I'm the one people come to for help. Maybe I'm just the only home schooler that they know? Or I'm more approachable? Some home schoolers get very defensive about their choices and react badly to questions. Some aso think that their way of teaching their children is the only way to teach.

What I love about home schooling is the flexibility. If Saxon math is not getting through to your kid, try Abeka. If your kid needs constant motion, then go over times tables while he's on the trampoline. I know a young man who apparently learned how to read while jumping.

Anyway... Yeah, I am amused.