-=> Quoting Donna Ransdell to Chris Gilliland <=-
 >  Maybe by setting a deadline on things made your
 > daughter stop trying?  Do you follow me?  I'm not trying to criticize, 
ust
 > know that  sometimes a better effort is made if things are left
 > open-ended.
 DR> Hmmm....let me answer this one slightly differently. I went back and
 DR> looked at my own response from earlier and realize now that it's
 DR> probably left you more confused than ever. (grin) Me too. (bigger
 DR> grin) 
 DR> My oldest daughter (5th grade) likes school, and always has. I am
 DR> still not certain that being IN school is the best thing for her. When
 DR> I first mentioned homeschool to her, she was hesitant about leaving
 DR> school behind. Though she is often the recipient of teasing, etc., she
 DR> brushes it off quite well and "hangs in there". She enjoys going to
 DR> school anyway because of the activities they do. Though I think if I
 DR> pulled them out in the middle of this year, she'd go without problems,
 DR> she's still wanting to stay in school. 
 DR> My younger daughter (4th grade) hasn't liked school for a couple of
 DR> years. Most of it has been social life, but she also has been somewhat
 DR> bored, especially in the area of reading. Both she and her sister are
 DR> top-notch readers. The difference is, tho, the older one will just
 DR> read ahead or (probably) hide a book inside her textbook, like I used
 DR> to do. My younger one will not do that, but complains about how
 DR> "yucky" the book is, etc. 
 DR> When I was considering what to do about this, homeschool was one of
 DR> the options I was looking at. Right now it still doesn't look likely -
 DR> I work two part-time jobs because this area's cost-of-living is so
 DR> obnoxious. However, if it became possible to homeschool, I still might
 DR> do so. I just don't know at this point whether it would be both
 DR> daughters, or just the younger one. 
 DR> Does that make sense now? Maybe I better not write responses before 8
 DR> in the morning any more (grin).... 
 No problem.  That sometimes happens to me.  If the option become a reality,
 you mite try homeschooling the younger one first, then try to get the
 older one involved a little and see where it goes.  Its a little hard
 doing two different grade levels.
 Regina
... Back up my hard disk? I can't find the reverse switch!
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