tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post4330662349743958588..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: sometimes it's difficult...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-22841778006582603322008-06-09T02:48:00.000-07:002008-06-09T02:48:00.000-07:00too right, kelly jene, let us be smug! Xtoo right, kelly jene, let us be smug! XGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-28689106549335998322008-06-07T23:03:00.000-07:002008-06-07T23:03:00.000-07:00Bravo mummy!! I love that!My guys are really into ...Bravo mummy!! I love that!<BR/><BR/>My guys are really into this geography series. They love it and devour each episode we borrow from the library.<BR/><BR/>It does make one feel good, doesn't it?!Moohaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783775723399171570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-14866147725632131802008-06-07T11:55:00.000-07:002008-06-07T11:55:00.000-07:00hi em, we are exactly the same; holidays mean we d...hi em, we are exactly the same; holidays mean we don't go anywhere. i have never got over the time i had to queue in great yarmouth.<BR/><BR/>hi maggie may! sadly, some home educators are made to feel what they are doing is wrong; i am relieved to say so far my experience has been more positive than negative.<BR/><BR/>hi mean mon! great party! sorry about elvis. were you saving him for something?<BR/><BR/>hi surburbia, it's flippin' hard work! some days it is agonising and some days i have serious doubts that we are doing the right thing! and on other days it seems like the<BR/>best thing in the whole world to be doing!<BR/><BR/>hi sharon! you are RIGHT! adults are in CHARGE! (sound of small feet trampling grit into mud)<BR/><BR/>thank you, pig. my feelings of smugness don't last long, but they are nice when they happen!<BR/><BR/>retiredandcrazy, thank you for the reference, all are resources round here!<BR/><BR/>michelle, i blame the parents.<BR/><BR/>thank you elizabeth!<BR/><BR/>oh, allie, trams and trains around europe sounds like hard going, especially the 12th time round...<BR/><BR/>elibee, i am grateful to be called a git. it is better than some rhyming words we can think of now, isn't it? when are you coming round to dinner?Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-43936295617336535712008-06-07T08:51:00.000-07:002008-06-07T08:51:00.000-07:00Now that I have stopped laughing hysterically at ...Now that I have stopped laughing hysterically at Retiredandcrazy calling you 'git' I have to tell you that this post is a relief. After the glazed expression on the faces of a family who got excited when Star announced that he had bought round a brilliant DVD to watch and were faced with Life of Birds and not National Treasure 2 I have wrestled it off him when we go out. I still haven't recovered from the look on the face of the very 'street' kid who was told 'this is a cool cd listen to this' and found himself listening to the call of the Black-tailed Godwit, in public.Elibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381833727537693336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-31495638681278453102008-06-07T05:50:00.000-07:002008-06-07T05:50:00.000-07:00I let slip that "every day is like half-term" when...I let slip that "every day is like half-term" when talking to someone who sends their child to school. But the truth is that none of our days are like half-term really. I remember all P's school holidays as sadly ticking away from us. Life has much more room these days.<BR/><BR/>We have had some odd favourite videos over the years. Leo loved a series of US dinosaur documentaries presented by Walter Cronkite. Pearl insisted on repeated library loans of a video showing clips of trains and trams around Europe.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07432518528835330361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-6594716255671439452008-06-07T04:35:00.000-07:002008-06-07T04:35:00.000-07:00You deserve a bit of smugness in your life!! Enjo...You deserve a bit of smugness in your life!! Enjoy!Elizabeth (My Reading World)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878751176756550420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-12199174703982196302008-06-07T03:22:00.000-07:002008-06-07T03:22:00.000-07:00Hmm not quite sure what to say to this as I have a...Hmm not quite sure what to say to this as I have a home educated child who has done nothing all day on a Sunday once other than sit in front of the tv mostly watching rubbish (with some wildlife programmes thrown in for variety). It was an experiment in seeing if she can mofderate her viewing. She clearly couldn't which is why I now have to do it for her.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672124413416292432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-77216916280544461712008-06-07T00:55:00.000-07:002008-06-07T00:55:00.000-07:00I think that you are doing an amazing job with the...I think that you are doing an amazing job with the girls git. Did you ever read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran? I love the chapter on children.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-30064630926669031612008-06-07T00:53:00.000-07:002008-06-07T00:53:00.000-07:00i do like reading about your home ed ethos - me th...i do like reading about your home ed ethos - me the conformist who has sent my brood to school - and your girls seem so inquisitive and independent.<BR/><BR/>and even better - Grit is feeling smug, happy, strong and in control. Hurrah!<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-31613391634628485032008-06-06T19:59:00.000-07:002008-06-06T19:59:00.000-07:00Does Mrs X not have a OFF button on her TV? My son...Does Mrs X not have a OFF button on her TV? My sons went to school but they certainly did not spend all of the non-school hours glued to a TV or, for that matter, a computer screen. I think many parents need to remember that they are IN CHARGE and stop letting their kids rule the roost. OK, rant over :-)sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-2851406070407124362008-06-06T14:49:00.000-07:002008-06-06T14:49:00.000-07:00I envy you your homeschool decision! I have though...I envy you your homeschool decision! I have thought about it for Small Sprog but that is as far as I get!Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-44992634491952449552008-06-06T14:47:00.000-07:002008-06-06T14:47:00.000-07:00My lads did watch children's tv, when younger, but...My lads did watch children's tv, when younger, but not endlessly, I'm glad to say. They also did other interesting, constructive things, at home and really enjoyed cycling. I'm afraid that the documentaries they watch now, often bore me! Oh, dear! I'm a bit of a Miss Marple person!<BR/><BR/>It's my birthday tomorrow (7th June). I'm having a virtual birthday party. Please call by if you can.Mean Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829239249872290230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-10720417019106305132008-06-06T13:33:00.000-07:002008-06-06T13:33:00.000-07:00I like the sound of the Dolphin DVD. I can't think...I like the sound of the Dolphin DVD. <BR/>I can't think why people have to be smug at all. It really is a matter of choice. I know what you mean though, coming at it from different angles. As long as you are not made to feel that what you are doing is wrong or vice versa!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-23370197832468408722008-06-06T10:48:00.000-07:002008-06-06T10:48:00.000-07:00Ah, this does happen sometimes doesn't it!Or like ...Ah, this does happen sometimes doesn't it!<BR/><BR/>Or like this<BR/><BR/>Mum x: "oh half term probably doesn't seem any different to any other day to you does it"<BR/><BR/>Me: "...er....well...actually....yes, we don't tend to go far since we have to queue for everything, wait about to do things, and share the library/swimming pool/playground with hoards of others."<BR/><BR/>Or maybe that just makes us sound anti-social?Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070761332385093416noreply@blogger.com