Life has a way of throwing us into the deep end,... giving us complete hindsight and making us tests out our true convictions.Yesterday and today, our homeschooling family has been challenged. Everywhere we go, people will see our kids and ask "What school does she go to?", "...really? homeschool? why?!", and the examples are mile high.
The hardest to swallow is when we have to stand back to let our girls fight their own battles. Letitia gets interrogated ALL the time. Kids will ask her what she scored for the Primary Term 1 exam. They will ask if she learns anything at all. The toughest is when they(Primary 1-3 kids) asks little Mathena what "10+3 is?". Then they add insult by saying, when I was in K1, I could do all the big numbers etc. The classic thus far is today, when the kid found out that Letitia is homeschooled while Mathena attends a Kindy, the child boldly announced "Mathena will be the SMART one!", assuming that Letitia learns nothing at home!
Letitia has since given up explaining OR comparing. She is quite gracious in that she tries to tell them that she KNOWS how to read and write etc. She too is learning that what we are doing is for a higher cause. She is old enough to choose and yes, she NOW chooses to be schooled at home.
Must get her like minded friends, quick!!
ps, this homeschooled child scored "HONOURS" in her ballet exams! PTL!!
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