-=> Quoting Bruce Roeser to Regina Finan <=-
 -=> Quoting Regina Finan to Bruce Roeser <=-
 
 RF> This is my first year of homeschooling and although I have made my
 RF> own curriculum I still at times get caught up into what conventional
 RF> teaching and curriculums are.  I'm learning too.  I know now that as
 RF> long as it is a learning experience it is school.  Thanks.
 BR> My wife, Cheryl, has been dealing with that same struggle.  She's
 BR> beginning to loosen up on it now, but was very much trying to craft
 BR> her schooling around a traditional approach.  We're to the point now
 BR> where we realize that just about *any* learning experience can be
 BR> written down as school time.  When I take my daughters out for
 BR> tennis that counts as Phys Ed., etc.  It's all very legal,
 BR> particularly when you keep some kind of portfolio of the work to
 BR> demonstrate the learning.  Here in Florida, all that's really
 BR> required is periodic testing and evaluation to "ensure that the
 BR> student is performing at a level 'commensurate with their
 BR> abilities'".  Now ain't that statement a bunch of double-talk?
 Of course, but that is the way the pub school system works.  
 BR> Fortunately, Cheryl's father is a child-psychologist and is
 BR> qualified (and licensed)  to evaluate our daughter's progress; so we
 BR> can trust that it will be a good evaluation.  (Dad is *very* serious
 BR> about being accurate, even though with family).
 Well he should be.  It is for the interest in everyone around that any
 truth be known.  It also gives you the chance to see if a change in things
 need to be made before too long.
 Regina
... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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