I deleted Part One but it's available in readers. I'm not sure why I deleted Part One.
But Part Deux is where the real meat of the issue lies. We're dumb and we're abnormal.
I was reading over at The Foil Hat and the last sentence of her post summed up our last six years of homeschooling. I commented about it because it struck me so.
I live in a huge area. Our cities all clumped together make the 5th largest metropolis in the US. We have a HUGE homeschooling community. If you can throw a rock, chances are you'll hit a homeschooler.
A gifted homeschooler.
Unless you hit my kids. They are as dumb as the rocks being thrown. Or at least that is my impression. Personally, I think my kids are awesome.
Pete can draw anything, is a wonderful comedic actor and can play the drums by ear. Pete has written several stories and comics and has written and produced several well thought out films. Pete also likes to just hang out and play video games or watch television or read a book.
RePete can also draw anything, has also started to play by ear - both
drums and piano, and who knows what else, he's only seven so time will
tell. RePete doesn't know all the terminology, but he totally understands the way our universe works. I have to confer with BN on this because I'm not a science-y person. But in the middle of dinner he'll start talking about recycling or planet rotation. He still loves Legos and Playmobile and video games and Spongebob and is a top player in his soccer league.
But those boys are just plain dumb compared to what the other mothers share about their kids around the playground.
I wish I knew more dumb people. I wish they were a little more abnormal.
~R
Your kids are not dumb. Other people brag too much and gloss over their kids' weaknesses. Everyone--EVERYONE--has strengths and weaknesses. It's obvious from your post where at least some of your kids' strengths lie. Not everyone can do those things. People who need to brag constantly about their kids' accomplishments have something to prove. They doubt either their kids or themselves.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know, Jenni. I just wish there were more folks who didn't have things to prove running around my area. It's making me an introvert trying to avoid them all.
ReplyDeleteWell, here's some gratuitous advice. It's perfectly okay for you to write up a want ad... and post to homeschool lists. Be very specific about what you're looking for in a group. And what you're NOT looking for in a group.
ReplyDeleteI KNOW there are people out there who think like you do. I KNOW it.
I know it doesn't help you at all but I wish I lived in your area! We could be abnormal together!!! Your other post, that I read in the reader, I keep digging myself into my hidey hole too! I also agree with Jenni and Ami!
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