1. Socialization...unwanted and lack thereof. In our district, children aren't allowed to talk on the bus or in the lunchroom and rarely get more than 30 minutes of recess for an entire week. When is this socialization supposed to be happening? Also, the children in J.T.'s last class were rude, mean, and disrespectful. He wasn't being bullied, but was very uncomfortable with the way his classmates treated each other and their teacher.
2. The ability to focus on what interests J.T. Last year, he was very interested in Roman history. Rather than one chapter in a world history book, we were able to spend the entire year on Roman history. If something is difficult, we take as much time as needed. If something is boring, we move through it quickly. If something grabs J.T.'s attention, we focus on that.
3. Improper information in public school textbooks. We are doing American History this year without all the bullshit about how great people like Columbus were.
4. No need to worry about a school trying to sneak religion into a science classroom.
5. J.T. is extremely shy and intimidated by authority figures. He wouldn't ask a teacher for permission to go to the bathroom...let alone ask for help on a math question. With Mom as his teacher he knows it's okay to ask away when he doesn't understand something. We have all the time in the world and no one is going to make fun of him.
6. A million other reasons we discover every single day!
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So now I have "Stacey's Mom" stuck in my head, and I blame you :)
Heehee
At least that's a real song.
I am cursed with having the theme song to Kim Possible pop into my head without warning.
Did you introduce JT to Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars? I loved Caesar's Gallic Wars of course, but for historic content, Suetonius is da bomb. For sheer gore, Shakespeare's Tiberius is fabulous and you can draw parallels to organized crime families and how they insinuate themselves into government. Caesar's emphasis on speed and surprise is great alongside the Five Rings. All of these books are very easy reading except Shakespeare but you could watch the movie for this. ;-)
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