Rhonda96
08-21-2009, 01:10 PM
I have been off the board for about a week. I spent a good part of last week researching and weighing our options. We met with the school principal on Monday. I can not say that I am happy with the decision as it is but the Lord is working .
I spent a lot of time pouring over homeschool plans and materials. I was really enjoying that and was encouraged by all I read. DH and I had a long talk on Saturday night and we shared our thoughts and feelings. We have had a talk like this before when we were frustrated with DS's school situation in Germany. We can not afford a private school. There are options here for good Christian private schools but we just are not able to do that at this point. So homeschooling would be our other option. I really feel competent and informed on the subject. DH however is very uncomfortable with the idea for a couple reasons. I understand his concerns but I do not agree with them. He sort of hurt my feelings over some of his concerns . That said we have been there before.
DS was not wanting to be taken from his school despite how he is being treated. He has a couple friends there and seems to like some of his teachers. One of DH's concerns was that he felt DS was far more upset about the idea of being taken from school then the bully issues. DH even accused me of being "cuddling" our son. I have valid concerns but I guess that was not accepted.
DH was also concerned about socialization. I told DH how we could belong to a homeschool group and meet with other homeschoolers. How we could arrange time with his friends. That he will have youth group at church and that I was going to look into 4H or boyscouts .
The other concern were for dealing with the logistics of homes school and with my teach math/algebra .. I detest math by the way. I also told DH had we could hire him a tutor. DH told me he could work with him with math also if that were the case.
ALL in all I got the feeling like if I pushed homeschooling DH would let us try it. I just felt like it was not something I wanted to have to do. I felt like if it was the right decision then I should not have to "Push" .
I decided that as the head of the household DH was taking the lead on this and I was to listen ( sometimes I have a hard time with this) .
I will post more later on the school meeting I just wanted to give you ladies an update.
I spent a lot of time pouring over homeschool plans and materials. I was really enjoying that and was encouraged by all I read. DH and I had a long talk on Saturday night and we shared our thoughts and feelings. We have had a talk like this before when we were frustrated with DS's school situation in Germany. We can not afford a private school. There are options here for good Christian private schools but we just are not able to do that at this point. So homeschooling would be our other option. I really feel competent and informed on the subject. DH however is very uncomfortable with the idea for a couple reasons. I understand his concerns but I do not agree with them. He sort of hurt my feelings over some of his concerns . That said we have been there before.
DS was not wanting to be taken from his school despite how he is being treated. He has a couple friends there and seems to like some of his teachers. One of DH's concerns was that he felt DS was far more upset about the idea of being taken from school then the bully issues. DH even accused me of being "cuddling" our son. I have valid concerns but I guess that was not accepted.
DH was also concerned about socialization. I told DH how we could belong to a homeschool group and meet with other homeschoolers. How we could arrange time with his friends. That he will have youth group at church and that I was going to look into 4H or boyscouts .
The other concern were for dealing with the logistics of homes school and with my teach math/algebra .. I detest math by the way. I also told DH had we could hire him a tutor. DH told me he could work with him with math also if that were the case.
ALL in all I got the feeling like if I pushed homeschooling DH would let us try it. I just felt like it was not something I wanted to have to do. I felt like if it was the right decision then I should not have to "Push" .
I decided that as the head of the household DH was taking the lead on this and I was to listen ( sometimes I have a hard time with this) .
I will post more later on the school meeting I just wanted to give you ladies an update.