Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Beginning of the end of our homeschool days
Tonight I received a post reminding me that our annual membership in the Family Resource Center, which serves "New England homeschooling families by identifying and accessing creative and challenging museum and community resources that enrich children's lives and support their educational interests." They arrange wonderful field trips in all sorts of places and subjects, and we've had a wonderful time at the ones we were able to squeeze into our crazy schedule. (Check them out at http://www.frc.info/ )
But this year we aren't renewing our membership, and I'm a little sad. Partly because they have such great activities & I'll miss doing them. But also because we aren't renewing because my sons will both be enrolled in college as full-time students. DS2 was accepted to skip his "senior" year of high school, and in less than 4 months, will be studying on the other side of the country and living in a dorm. So this is the beginning of saying good-bye to the pleasures & family togetherness of homeschooling, and to my boys as children. It's sad and scary and exciting all at the same time.
But this year we aren't renewing our membership, and I'm a little sad. Partly because they have such great activities & I'll miss doing them. But also because we aren't renewing because my sons will both be enrolled in college as full-time students. DS2 was accepted to skip his "senior" year of high school, and in less than 4 months, will be studying on the other side of the country and living in a dorm. So this is the beginning of saying good-bye to the pleasures & family togetherness of homeschooling, and to my boys as children. It's sad and scary and exciting all at the same time.
# posted by Xairos @ 6:28 PM 
