Out of the Mouths of Homeschoolers
While driving home today from a homeschool activity with my son and my nephews, it was observed that one of the young ladies who did participate is no longer attending. This of course leads to a conversation: Kyle: Yeah, she goes to public school now. Me: I wonder what happened. Kyle: Her parents made her go. Me: Oh, how do you know that? Kyle: Well, they must have. Who doesn't want to homeschool? We get to do school in our pajamas!! No reason for this picture- just some happy homeschoolers. Then, I sat down to eat lunch with my boys. Our conversation was about becoming fluent in speaking Spanish. James is excited because a friend's mom speaks Spanish (and very little English), so he is enjoying the opportunity to jump in and try talking- although he says he probably sounds like a 2 year old. I was telling my boys to look for opportunities to speak to people who are fluent. In explaining some opportunities their sisters had, I mentioned that their one sist...