10. Get to be asked “Is there no school today?” by neighbors, dad’s co-workers, and the cashier at the grocery store if you are seen outside of your home before 2PM.
9. Get to be questioned by relatives, neighbors, dad’s co-workers, and the cashier at the grocery store on why your mom choose to homeschool and wouldn’t you really like to go to an actual school and be with actual kids.(Now when’s the last time I asked a parent, “are you seriously sending your child to school next year?)
8. Get to wave goodbye to the school bus while in flannel PJ’s, fuzzy slippers and sipping hot cocoa. However, the school kids get to wave to you doing school while they are outside on their sleds during a snow day. No snow days for homeschoolers.
7. Get to go to the bathroom without the fear of being harassed or beat up by another student. Oh and let’s not forget no hall pass required.
6. Get to be quizzed by neighbors, dad’s co-workers, and the cashier at the grocery store on math,
science, english, what day of the week it is and whose the president. (Sometimes even by nosey relatives who claim they are seeking best interest of your child.)
5. Get to look perplexed when asked “what grade are you in?” as the nurse is filling out your chart at the pediatrician’s office.
4. Get to have a spur of the moment feild trip to the grocery store because mom forgot the milk. Sadly even this mundane event will turned into a lesson. A homeschooling mom can turn a trip to a grocery store into an economic, language, science, and health lesson all to be quizzed when you hit the front door.
3. Get to amaze your neighbors, dad’s co-workers, and the cashier at the grocery store (and sometimes those pesky relatives) with all the knowledge you learned in one year. It’s always fun to see the look of astonishment on their faces as you can recite all the presidents in order along with the years they served, the names of First Ladies, their favorite color.
2. Get to always turn in every assignment on time because there is no way you could have lost it between school and home.
1. Get to live in the same house with your teacher and principal who are also known as mom and dad. There is no escaping the parent/teacher conference. You can’t “loose” the note sent home from the teacher to your mom. Your principal can take away your Xbox for not getting an assignment done on time.
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