Well it is that time of year again, SCHOOL TIME Boy I hated school. It was always a fashion show, a place to gossip, and a place you could ignore your teachers cuz they had the hands full with the BAD kids. I am soooo veryyyy happyyyy that this year I have no kids in public school. I get grief from people who think I should have the kids in school. Most of them I ignore. It does get old though. neither one of my kids liked school very much. The daughter had a few friends move away so she did not want to go back to school and be alone. She is different than most 14 year olds, she is not in to bubble gum pop music which is fine with me. that stuff gets on my nerves too. She also dresses different than the rest of the kids she doesn't need expensive clothes to be herself. I love her just the way she is. The public school system here i(n my little piece of hell on earth) sucks more than most. They have teachers who make fun of their students and call them names like skank, freak, moron and other names. Now my son is a different kettle of fish. He is not like many 12 year old boys, he is funny charming, and cute if I can say so my self . The computer does most of teaching I just sit back and help sometimes. He gets to see his best friend everyday ( unless best Friend is camping or hiking) so it is a win win . Okay best friend is home schooled too. His mother my best best girlfriend got me into home school so I took cues from her about some things and looked up alot on net. So far so good both kids are happy, I am happy, no more early mornings unless I want them. As long as I can keep them motivated all should be good. If we want to go vacation for a few days all my kids have to do is have a few more lessons each day and we can take a four day weekend and run. How many parents can say that and not have the child warden out to get them. I honestly think as long as I keep my kids social there should not be problems. They are happy and learning with out the mad house of thirty some odd kids yelling and goofing off. They get more learning done in three days then they ever got in school in a week, and they don't have people calling them stupid or freak. This is just the perfect thing for our family.