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Readers Respond: You might be a homeschooling family if...

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You might be a homeschooler if

you do schoolwork in jammies and use the back yard as your science lab.
—BMcGonigal

those poor kids

Your driving down the street, pass a public school and your child says, "look at all of those poor kids locked up inside of that school!"
—Guest tammy in ca

You might be a homeschooling family if

You see two cats mating on a stump and stop the car to watch and discuss...
—Guest JJ

Politics

If your kids know more about politics than many adults!
—Guest Paula in Texas

You might be a homeschool family if...

Your school dress code says "Shoes Optional." Or, if when asked what grade your child is in, the child answers 8th and 9th and they're 12 years old.
—whichydigit

You might be a homeschool family if...

You live in the country and your cat and dog bring you occasional "treasures" and you research to find out exactly what it used to be and get a brief anatomy lesson before disposing of it!
—Guest Jen in TX

homeschool

you tote around preserved dead animals for Biology dissection class.
—Guest Kim

You might be a homeschooling family if..

...your kids beg to go to the science museum and the library every week ...your daughter wants a subscription to a nature magazine ...your kids organize their stuffed animals into what habitat they come from
—crackedharp

barbie's house takes on a new purpose

If you overhear your youngest daughters turning an old Barbie Hotel inheritied from a friend into a natural history museum with plans to add on a dinosaur exhibit & art gallery featuring Monet.
—Guest mrs dani

you might be a homeschooler if......

~The walls and all the doors in your house are covered with posters instead of decorative framed art. Ours currently has times tables, flags of the world, world and country maps, sign language, Roman numerals, laws of motion, electrical circuits, Prime Ministers, simple machines and our latest art projects. ~the number of bookcases you own out number the total of all other pieces of furniture
—Guest Dianne

History Class

You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the historical inaccuracies.
—Guest McKin

The Principal

You take off for a teacher in-service day because the principal needs clean underwear, or the teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.
—Guest McKin

Gifts

You ask for, and get, a copier instead of a diamond tennis bracelet for your wedding anniversary.
—Guest McKin

Drugs

If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.
—Guest McKin

PTA

If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're having a PTA meeting, or talking out loud to yourself is a parent/teacher conference.
—Guest McKin

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You might be a homeschooling family if...

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