DR*Smart move! (IMHO, anyway!) When my girls have wanted to try something, 
such
  *as ballet, gymnastics, etc., they have to agree to a full year of that 
thing
  *First off, I didn't want them quitting the first time they found out 
somethi
  *was hard. They have to give a new thing a little time before they decide 
f
  *it's "for" them. A school year is a good amount of time. After a year of
  *ballet, and a year of gymnastics, both girls continued their lessons this
  *year. Now we are going thru this commitment with Jennifer. She wants to 
lear
  *clarinet and play in the Band. I rented the instrument for 9 months.
    Angela is doing well academically (doesn't like gym, but she's never
  been a sports person at all!)  but is already lamenting that
  she no longer has time for herself and her interests !  We warned
  her that her life would no longer be her own before she registered :)
  . She is so tired all the time, no
  time for cross stitching or kicking back and doing 'nothing' (she has
  2 honors classes this semester, English and Math, and next semester
  will have 3  ) Tom told her that after 3-4 weeks of
  school things would probably lighten up a bit.
    In the meantime, the other 3 and I still plug away at our "relaxed
 education at home" and having fun ;)  I think on Thursday we will
 go to the zoo!
   How does Jennifer like the clarinet?
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