I need to move to someplace more - oh, I don't know - red? Perhaps the Bible Belt would be more appropriate for me. Because even though I'm not Christian it's just occurred to me that I'm a cloth-diapering, family-centered, gun-ownership-approving, Dr-Laura-listening, keep-the-government-out kinda person. AND add to that list my latest craze: home-schooling.
That's right. I'll admit it: I'm Purva Brown and I'm a home schooler.
Okay, so I'm not sold on it just yet, but I'm heavily leaning in that direction. And the more I think about it, the stauncher I get.
Here's the thing: James and I are both very independent thinkers. We are almost always contrarian, sometimes just for the heck of it. That and loving being home are the two things that brought us together in the first place. We hate the idea of anything - correction, any ONE - else being involved in our lives. And we want our kids to be the same. We want them to have their own ideas, well thought out, not just adopted because someone told them so. (And I remember a major part of my teenage and childhood being heavily influenced. Now that I'm 30 plus, I believe I've come out of it, but who knows?!)
Also, from what I'm reading about education in California, I've come to believe it has serious flaws. Amongst them: 1. it doesn't value men being men (or boys being boys), 2. it has a serious lack of competition on the playground - kids aren't allowed to keep score, for God's sake! How horrible! 3. it is waaay to politically correct to where you're not allowed to speak your mind if it doesn't fit in, 4. i hate institutionalized ANYTHING and this is the height of it, 5. I can't recommend a better teacher than me for my kids!
So there. Feel free to hate me now.
Good for you! The decision is hard to make (and announce) but once you're "on the other side" it's not as strange as you thought it might be.
ReplyDeleteKari
Hey, Kari---
ReplyDeleteGood to see you here again! Yes, I'm finding out I'm part of the minority when it comes to homeschooling because it seems such a radical idea in the beginning. But I figured it's like cloth diapering. Most moms go "I could NEVER do that" in the beginning and then decide it's not so bad. Sure there's an adjustment period, but there's an adjustment period with everything!
Purva.