Hey! Hi! Hello!
Remember me? I’m still around. Just had a hard time finding my way back here from the far away land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool. (<–lame attempt at an echo)
That’s where I’m writing from today!
It’s nice here. It was sorta hard to find our way around at first. But, we’re getting the hang of it.
At first, being here in the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool took up most of my time. And in the beginning, figuring out the customs here was a learning experience.
Though we were having fun, it took an awful lot of time and energy and paper and ink. But, as we became more comfortable, we started to find ways to have the fun, learn the lessons and still have time to do other things. That last part has made it extra nice.
Here’s a little of what we’ve learned so far: (<–if a colon wasn’t required here, forgive me. We haven’t gotten to that lesson yet!)
- The obscene amounts of ink and paper I was using aren’t actually necessary. The materials are mostly already here in printed form once I figured out where to look.
- Helpful tour guides(teachers) and locals(friends who were already dwelling in the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool) make the place much more inviting.
- Mitochondria, osmosis, diffusion, cell walls and cytoplasm are just as boring as they always were. But, I know more about them than I ever have in my life. And more importantly, so does Adam.
- Some people learn better in the morning.(Adam and Mack) And some, or rather, the one(Sam) is more ready to learn in the afternoon. And that’s okay, because the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool is flexible like that.
- Crab cakes and pasta with Gail’s special pesto sauce are preferred over school cafeteria food, hands down.
- Sometimes, you just can’t sit still. And when you can’t, you can have a light saber battle while going over your spelling words. And you can still score 100% on the test. Lightsabers are considered lucky here in the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool.
- You can totally spend your day in a bathing suit or pajamas here. No shirts, no shoes, no problem. Except for me, the learning coach, I frown on going topless. I wear a shirt. Every. Single. Day. Without fail. ‘Cause, I’m cool like that. (And everyone, everywhere thanks me for it!)
- Being able to say, “I’ve had enough. They’ve had enough. Let’s take a break and do something else. We’ll come back to it after awhile.” is smiled upon here!
- Lots of options, materials and ways to teach an objective are there and finding the one(s) that best works for your child is a gift.
- I still really am crazy about the other folks traveling on this trip to the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool. And they seem to still like me. And each other. No one has been voted off of the island as of yet!
So far, it’s great. I’m glad we’re here. And it’s getting easier. And way less time consuming. And we have no plans of returning!
Though, I will, hopefully be able to squeeze in more time in the blogosphere now that I’m getting the hang of navigating the land of Online School-ooool-oool-ool!
For now though, the weather’s beautiful! Wish you were here!
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We frown on topless here too, but our middle school students, particularly 8th grade, do try their hardest to do it. Did you know that the 1980s Flashdance look of off the shoulder shirts is BACK? OMG. We don’t allow spaghetti straps, tank tops have to be 3 fingers, and now I have to tell girls to put their sleeves back on their shoulders, please.
Oh, and the mohawk is back too! Don’t know if I’d rather suffer the bare shoulders or the mohawks and tails. Where are the uniforms when you need them,????
So glad to hear that you’re enjoying online school-ool-ool…
Just think how awesome it will be during the holidays, too. It just gets better and better…
I’m so thrilled that you’ve found a great fit for your family
I was just about to e-mail you! We’ve finally been getting the hang of it all, too. In fact, I also did a post about it…though totally different than yours…today! Great minds think alike, eh? PS I finally figured out that printing thing, too. I kind of feel like a dunce for not discovering it sooner. Ink cartridges everywhere are thanking me!
Yay!! So glad you’re back. Sounds like you’re on a roll so far and learning lots of cool stuff. How neat!
Jess
Hooray for mitochondria! Let me know when Adam gets to the Krebs cycle, I have some tricks.
So glad you guys are enjoying it. Wish I was there too!
(and yeah for a new post!)
Anywhere you can take a break when needed is where I want to be!
So glad you’re finding ways to customize learning for your children and stay the course in the OLS while finding some time for you. Especially since you’ll be blogging some more now. I love stopping by The Misadventures of Lula Lola, you always make me smile.
Also, I wanted to pass on that SCVCS is on FB and it’s a great way to share wtih other parents and ask quesitons too. Check out who is sharing what today on their fb page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Carolina-Virtual-Charter-School-at-K12/106955022715889?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/pages/South-Carolina-Virtual-Charter-School-at-K12/106955022715889
least your boys don’t have to wear this type of uniform that the boys have to here , btw would like to know what they think of it and if they would wear only under protest
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Today more than ever..I want to travel to Online school..ool..ool!! We are sick to death of spending all evening on homework with the kids. The other night Darren figured that we could take all three out of school…spend the evenings doing school together as a family (since we are doing it anyway) and play and have adventures during the day. I kid you not…Caleb has at least 2 hours of homework a night and that is with one of us sitting by him the whole time. Jed, who is only in second grade has so much as well. Parents brag that this public school is like a college prep elementary school!! who the heck wants that??? I know I don’t…and neither do my kids!
So glad you are falling into a rhythm. Homeschooling is like that. When I look back on all I use to try to accomplish with Caleb and then see that they don’t even do a lot of that in school, I realized it could have been so much easier. So yes, we are considering it as well. I’m giving it until December. (seeing as Jenny just had a baby and I want some undisturbed snuggle time during the days!
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I have been thinking about you like crazy lately! I hope all is well with you and I hope that homeschooling is going fabulous! Just wanted to pop in and say I miss you!
You make it sounds effortless. And yet, I’m pretty sure, I’d be putting in a lot of effort…and curse words. Good on you! I admire you for this…plus you always know where the little darlings are at! I like that.