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NewWorldOrder
September 10th, 2008, 04:38 PM
I homeschool both of my children. I would have put this in the homeschooling forum, but I really want everyone to see this. :heh

My oldest daughter is a senior this year, and she has surpassed anything I can teach her, so she takes her core classes through our homeschool co-op. They meet twice a week, and have math, science, art, dance, language, and other types of classes for all grade and skill levels. She is taking Physics, Advanced Math (trigonometry), HS Writing, and a Sr. Leadership class. She got her grades back for the first tests she's taken in math and physics. In the math class she got a 92, one of the highest grades in a class of 20 or so students, and in physics she got 101, the second highest grade in the class of 20 or students. :yeah She is so excited because she was afraid she wasn't going to do so well, but she surpassed her own expectations.

I'm so proud of her. She took chemistry last year, but she did that course at home on her own, and she took geometry last year using an at home course. Then she goes into this co-op taking classes taught by Nasa Engineers and people who work in the science fields, and passes their tests with flying colors. As a homeschool mom, it makes me really happy to know that all those years of hard work, are paying off in her education. It's been a long road, and it's still not over, but she feels very confident about her abilities now.

I still have a 9 year old 4th grader at home, that I have to continue homeschooling. I've always been laid back when it comes to homeschooling, but I push them when they need it, and back off when they need it. We've made plenty of mistakes, but I see now that even with those mistakes that we've succeeded in our venture.

icebear
September 10th, 2008, 04:48 PM
Awesome! she won't regret her hard work (and yours) :cheer

ihurt
September 10th, 2008, 04:49 PM
:thumb you go momma! :thumb Great job! :hug

NewWorldOrder
September 10th, 2008, 04:54 PM
Thank you!!! :hug

It's mostly her. She took possession of her education a couple of years ago, all I did was keep her on track.

I joked with her and said, "You know what you've done, don't you?" "You've set the standard for the rest of the class, and now you have to keep up with these kinds of grades." :lol2 She said, "that's OK, I can handle it." :thumb

ihurt
September 10th, 2008, 05:01 PM
Wow! I am impressed! :thumb

BlessedAssurance
September 11th, 2008, 10:23 PM
It's awesome to see them blossom!

ArkieTuzi
September 12th, 2008, 01:48 AM
Who says girls can't do math??!! Congratulations.

Texas Girl
September 12th, 2008, 09:34 AM
AWESOME!!!!!! Congrats Mom! :thumb

jessicas0778
September 12th, 2008, 09:53 AM
Congrats! I love homeschooling success stories. I show all of them to my DH so maybe one day he will give in and let me homeschool our kiddos.

NewWorldOrder
September 12th, 2008, 10:07 AM
Ya'll are so awesome! :yeah

Thank you for the support, and for being excited with me.

ArkieTuzi, I told my husband what you said and he giggled. It is pretty cool.

jessicas0778, I hope your husband comes around. Homeschooling has been such a blessing for us. It is a lot of hard work, mostly on your child's end, but as long as you encourage them when they are down, and let them know that you support them, they'll do fine. If there's something they are struggling in, and you can't help them, then tell them that you will find someone who can.

Right now, my youngest child is sick, so I'm not making her do much of anything because when she's sick, she doesn't want to do much of anything. I'm going to have her take her math test later, but right now, she's sitting on the couch playing X-box, coughing, and sniffling. :rolleyes