Teachers are not the enemy of education reform
Work-at-home Mom and Living: is it possible?
This is supposed to be my year of ACTION. A new year in which I accomplish my goals. I just have not been able to set them yet.
I am having such a hard time figuring out what to do with this blog. I named it “Mom on the Rise” because of the Maya Angelou poem “Still I Rise.” My mom thought that having a child (even after married and in my late 20s) was the end of my life. But I always felt that it was the beginning of a new one. I am a Mom, and still I rise. I completed my Master’s Degree and started a business.
But then I got tired.
I thought about letting it go and then about writing in more of a focused niche. And yet, neither has has sat well with me. I love this blog. The design. Some of the posts that I have written in the past. I’m not sure what the heck is keeping me from writing. Maybe it’s because I have WAY too many blogs. Or maybe it’s the web designing, consulting and running We of Hue….
Obviously, I tend to spread myself too thin. I have a problem saying “no” to people and focusing on what I want to do. In some ways, I think that I prevent myself from focusing because I don’t want to commit 100% and then fail. Or maybe it’s because I keep trying to live out the definition of “mom blogger” as set by others. Truthfully, I have been making decisions based on what I SHOULD be doing (as dictated by others) as opposed to what I want to do for a long time. It’s the result of coming from a very overbearing mom who really did not… Continue reading
Why Do We Homeschool?
Not that I honestly feel like I need to explain why we decided to homeschool, but for my own sanity, I will and then I can direct all those who ask here.
Education is good! Let me say that again; education is good! The problem is that most schools have turned education into a harsh punishment inflicted on children because parents have to work. Schools are now daycare centers and the teachers are awkward teenagers struggling to keep their charges occupied and off the streets. Children are herded into these stuffy, stale, institutions through metal-detectors and bag checks. They wander into class after class for what seems like endless hours of scripted lessons that have no basis in real life because for the children, real life starts and ends in these lifeless buildings. They don’t get to travel and explore the world. They are isolated and devoid of any understanding of how we are all connected and dependent on each other.
Don’t get me wrong – some of the teachers are amazing! They are dedicated and genuinely in it to better the world. Unfortunately, they are overworked, underpaid, and ritually disrespected!
The real question is “why wouldn’t we homeschool?”
The Shift to My Niche: Ask Me a Question
I have had a blog since 2003. I have been writing on the Internet about my life in one capacity or another for seven years now and quite frankly, lately I have had to force myself to write. Truth be told, I came very close to shutting this blog down completely when something interesting happened. I listened to my husband and friends who told me to write about Homeschooling.
So I am shifting my writing on this blog to focus on Homeschooling and Educational Travel. Please feel free to ask me any questions as I would love to answer them in an upcoming blog post.