Cieslak's Homeschool-journey
It's all about the fun, the craziness, the things we learn and our thoughts!!!
It is hard to believe that we have only 2 weeks left in this school year. It is crazy to think that we home-schooled so long already and we still enjoy it, have not gone (completely at least) crazy and are still alive. ;) Haha, I am still amazed that I am a home school mom and actually love it. The other week an ad on Facebook popped up and when I saw what it was, I just had to get it. It is just so fitting for us right now. ;) Over the course of this school year I had plenty of times when the schooling of the boys came up during conversations. The reactions were interesting, but also really cool. My German friends and relatives had (still have) the hardest time with the concept, but I don't even blame them because homeschooling is a foreign concept in Germany and against the law and so of course they have a hard time with it. At the same time a lot of them were kind of jealous we have the freedom to do that. I personally find it irritating and strange that many governments in the world think we as parents are not good enough to teach our kids and that we don't even get a say in the matter (even though they are our kids), but that's just me. I guess being an American citizen now, and having lived in the States for so long, sure does change your thinking and opinions. It also makes me appreciate the freedoms I have as an American citizen. I never thought much of homeschooling until 2 years ago and even then I fought it for the longest time. Public schools are not all bad, and most of the time the teachers are great and try their best, unfortunately the government likes to butt in more and more and that ties the teachers hands together. They can only do so much and have to follow regulations and rules. I think if teachers could do and teach the way they wanted to, learning in public school would be so much more meaningful, fun and helpful to our children. There are so many teachers out there that are so wonderfully creative and loving, but as I said they can only do so much and since classes are not that small either, it is hard for them to focus on those children that have a hard time learning. I still admire teachers and had plenty of great ones myself. I loved the teachers in our boys school in San Diego and appreciated all they did. Still, I had a very strong feeling about homeschooling and think highly of the inspirations we receive from our Heavenly Father. It wasn't easy to make that decision, but I don't regret it at all.
During one of our last Science lessons the boys made a presentation about their choice of their favorite animal. Nathan put together a little presentation about the "raven" and Josh put together a presentation about the bald eagle. I only took a picture of Josh's presentation since Nathan wrote his information on a bunch of pages, but Josh put his together in a poster. I always love when I see my kids be creative and research things they like and want to know more about. :)
2 Comments
Chris quincy
6/5/2017 01:16:46 pm
Well said!
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Bev Flitton
7/5/2017 09:14:06 pm
I've known you are full of creative ideas 💡 Congrats on Having enough faith to fulfill your dreams.
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AuthorI am a sarcastic German-born American citizen who loves life and enjoys writing. I am a mother of two boys and we are now experiencing the freakiest adventure of our lives. Archives
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