Gosh, it's nice to see you, CGB,
We just got home from the Awards Assembly at the high school. (CW got a GOLD TASSLE to wear on graduation night to show he's a Distinguished Scholar- but they didn't tell him where to wear it- which might be a mistake- he's into rebelling at the moment) We're really in the final throes here. Calls from relatives who have decided to come to graduation, some who suddenly can't. Lots of cleaning and preparing, and running around, when really you just want to stop the clock and do nothing except be with your child--excuse me- young adult. Not that he wants to be here!
I know several homeschooled teens--- they are bright and often better educated than many "average" teens, but I think the cost (in terms of commitment, time and sometimes money) is high for the parent. Most are enrolled in some curriculum through either a college or a private tutor because most parents aren't qualified to teach the high levels of math and science required. There are so many issues, too, at this time between parent and child about independence, that to start homeschooling at this point might be hard-- and actually should be hard. Can you tell what it is that's making B. so unhappy? Is there a small private school you could look into? One more suited to her needs than the public one? Is she just trying to get away from whatever it is that's causing the stress or unhappiness? I'm really sorry you're going through this--- I think high school is hard enough even if they don't hate it.
My cell phone isn't in yet! It's on order, so the boys gave me a toy one. It makes all the right noises, though, and it talks to me. It says, "Hello? May I help you?" and "I'll see if he's in." And "May I take a message?" which is pretty much the way most of my calls to Dan's office go anyway. It's in the car and Ammo and I talk on it a lot when I pick him up. He told me today that he thought I had a very strange sense of humor. We were at the mall and we passed a maternity shop and I said, "Let's go in and I'll try on some maternity clothes and you listen and see if they say things about me while I'm in the dressing room."
I thought it was a funny idea.
THen we passed a sign that said, Are you still waiting for a chance to talk to your child about pot?
So I said, "I'm tired of waiting for a chance to talk about pot with you."
But he hadn't seen the sign and it really threw him. |
