I have spent all year stressed that he is 1 grade level behind.
Years behind in homeschool.
You are the teacher mom.
All because of me.
The modern homeschool movement began in the 1970s when john holt an educational theorist and supporter of school reform began arguing that formal schools focus on rote learning created an oppressive classroom environment designed to make children compliant employees holt called for parents to liberate their children from formal education and instead.
Which means of course that i am a horrible homeschool mom and my child will have no future worth considering and will consequently completely fail at all of life.
Homeschooling let me grow at my own pace.
My child is behind.
This is especially true in the younger years.
A brief history of homeschooling.
Yes you made a plan.
I was way behind in reading for years.
You see when we took our son out of public school we realized he was behind and had him repeat his current grade in our homeschool.
And today part of how i earn my living is by writing.
Home school is flexible you are in charge.
One of the homeschooler s worst fears.
I even had homeschool moms telling me it was a mistake to a repeat grade.
We don t get government funding based on how well we can shoehorn kids into batches.
My child is behind in high school.
So being behind just isn t a disastrous thing for us.
You can make the decisions about what when and how to teach your children.
And the one that will keep you up at night.
There is no behind in homeschooling something i see frequently both online and in person are pleas from parents asking for help because their student is behind.
Jamie i struggled with being behind all year.