{"id":586292,"date":"2008-09-06T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/09\/06\/bfs-assignment-100-oh-what-a-feeling\/"},"modified":"2008-09-06T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T06:10:00","slug":"bfs-assignment-100-oh-what-a-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/09\/06\/bfs-assignment-100-oh-what-a-feeling\/","title":{"rendered":"BFS Assignment #100 – Oh What a Feeling!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Assignment:<\/strong> Take time this week to write about YOU and your feelings of trials and triumphs with homeschooling.  Touch on when you first heard about the concept of home schooling and whether you tip-toed into the idea or just jumped in and never looked back.  Share your schooling as a child and how you compare it to what your goals are for your children. <\/p>\n

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My first impression of homeschool was anything but positive.  The only encounters DH and I had with the homeschool world was with a family who lived a very counter-cultural lifestyle to ours, or  a family that had children who socially could not fit into the public school system.  So, based on these two examples, our judgment was formed. <\/p>\n

When our first child was born, I was wrapped in the bliss of being a first time, stay-at-home mom.  I would cuddle my little fella and say, "what shall we do today?"  I wanted to find activities that we could do together that would enrich our days.  I began to research online, different things to do.  I kept encountering statements that would say something to the effect, "this would work well for homeschool families."  From these encounters, I was beginning to see that homeschool was not necessarily a reactive action based on the failure to adapt in the "traditional" school environment, but that it was a proactive action; a decision made with much deliberation, and faith.<\/p>\n

Once I was able to shake my initial negative perceptions, I began to look at other websites that were dedicated to homeschooling.  I also found myself pregnant with our second child.  The many nights staying up with small children gave me the time to read and learn and grow and discover that this is what God had planned for our family.  Now if only He could convince DH.<\/em> 
\n(A couple years later, He did!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goals for my children:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n