and everywhere else for that matter!!! Our backyard is no longer a normal backyard it is now a site of scientific interest as it is the only swamp in the village. we are attracting all sorts of exotic wildlife, gators have been spotted as well a few swamp rats. In fact we are thinking of getting an airboat and giving tours. No more rain please!!! My floors can't take the mud and my back is killing me from all the mopping. Sam has kindly offered to help out and we are considering tying sponges to the dogs paws so that they can help out.
Schoolwise we are having a good week. Spent most of yesterday morning on the latest young scientist club kit (15-air) and most of the afternoon doing art. Sam has designed a t-shirt for the iditarod and we are going to have it printed up on a t-shirt. Must go to pc world to get the special iron on paper. Today started bright and early with a spontaneous math lesson in counting money, Sam decided that he wanted to figure out how much money he has saved up for legoland so while I was coming to terms with being up he was counting his money at 6 am. he was able to total it all and even used various combination of coins to make up stacks of £1. I was impressed, we have done money both american and english but I had no idea that he had absorbed so much. He is very excited as he has about £45 thanks to generous family and saving his allowance. We carried on with math once we were up properly and he had fun weighing things in pounds and kilos.
We have been talking a lot lately about the fact that the government want to have more control over home ed with greater monitoring. When I mentioned that they may decide to test home ed children to ensure they are meeting milestones he turned around and said, "why do the government want to test me, it is none of their business" And indeed it is not. As long as we are satisfied with his progress then that is all that matters. Sorry to get political I just resent the fact that the gov want to monitor and control our lives even more. It is hard to find an area of life that they don't want to regulate and tell us what to do. We can think for ourselves thank you very much.
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While you are the golden child for home ed, and I am being sincere, if there was no monitoring, people who are not conscience, like you and your friends, would plop kids in front of the teli and let the juvenile justice system take over at a later date. Not everyone cares as much as you, or does as good of job as you, and unfortunaely you have to suffer because of the laziness and uncaring attitudes of others. Welcome to education, my friend!!
I agree wholeheartedly with aunt c, but it is still a shame that the gov has there nose so far into our private lives, just too much gov anymore.
I agree that there needs to be some form of monitoring but the current wave of suggestions seems to go a little too far. I am happy to meet with someone once a year and to show them sam's work but am not very happy with him being tested.
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