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Discussion Title: Being asked by strangers why your kids aren't in school
Created by: nanlisa
Created on: Mon, 06/25/2007 - 10:23pm.
Created by: nanlisa
Created on: Mon, 06/25/2007 - 10:23pm.
If your kids are being homeschooled and if you take them on an outing, do people stop and ask you why your kids aren't in school? How do you respond to that? I'd like to hear from you.
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Replied: 4/10/2008 9:07am.
I reply that they are HSed and are in good company,
here is a small list of famous people who were HSed
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http://www.homeschoolacademy.com/famoushomeschoolers.htm
http://www.hslda.org
Replied: 4/10/2008 6:01pm.
This was our first year homeschooling. My kids are 2, 7 and 9 - I've only been asked a couple of times. Most people are just making chit chat when they ask anyway. I just smile and say " We homeschool. " No one has ever questioned me further.
Replied: 4/14/2008 4:33pm.
This happens to us all of the time. My children ages 7 and 10 are not shy about telling everyone that are home schooled! They love it are happy to answer all of the questions that may get thrown at them. We usually take a break around mid-day, to get out of the house for some fresh air "gym class" or off to the library to pick up a new book for our latest essay or research report.The ladies at our libary know us now and the questions have stopped there, but if we happen to get side tracked to the store or the bank, the questions are there again. I respond with the usual "we homeschool" or "Its break time for us" The girls proudly Shout "Our mom is our teacher!!" Most are happy enough with that answer, some look confused. But in the end I know we have made the right choice and my kids are getting the best education possible. Without the stress of having to deal with drugs , bullies, peer pressure and so on..
Replied: 9/4/2008 12:58pm.
They ask, and I tell the we home school. If they ask more questions, I give them explenations to satisfy their need to learn my about our "situation". And sometimes it gets frusterating with some with their ignorance & unwillingness to understand, those ones I usually end the conversation with something like "Well I can see that you are asking questions that you are unwilling to accept as educated truth and are only willing to accept answers that make sense to you through your lack of modern 'independent' educatonal way of thinking so there is no real purpose in continuing this conversation with you, have a nice day & thank you for your time & concern, good bye"
It usually stumps them enough to give me a chance to get away from them without anymore inquaries to my family "issues".
And then there are some who love the idea & just want learn more about what we do & maybe how to do it themselves.
Strangers are easy to deal with cause you can get away from them and not worry about them any more. It's the family and friends that can be the challenge. But thats a whole new discussion/subject all it's own.