generalparenting

Well if you read my about me page you know about my son, but if not here goes.. He is a very bright kid who has recently learned to love to read and is soaking up as much as he can learn as fast as he can and is the model student. This wasn’t true when he was in public school. See my son had a learning disability limiting his ability to read. He just couldn’t get it no matter how hard he tried, he even had trouble remembering the names of letters and their sounds. He was in third grade when I pulled him from public school. He became depressed while in there, crying every time he had to read something and constantly telling me kids were making fun of him. He was in a reading class that of course the other kids all knew about and would often be teased about it. He also had problems in his regular classes because he couldn’t keep up. The reading made it impossible for him to do the work the other students were doing. When he would ask for help the teachers would often pon him off on other students telling him to look off of their papers and ask them for help. Now I don’t know if this is a common practice in all schools but this continued through each grade he was in so this happened with four different teachers. Imagine my surprise when I learned that other 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders were trying to teach my son!! Needless to say I pulled him from public school. I was terrified I couldn’t do him justice but figured I couldn’t do him any harm either. Within a few months not only did he know his letter’s and sound but he was reading, not Dick and Jane books mind you but chapter books. He has become an excellent reader and longs for the next second he can pick up one of his stories to read another chapter or two devouring 300-400 page books in a matter of days. He has grown so much since he started home schooling and I have to give all of the credit to him. If he didn’t have the desire he wouldn’t be succeeding the way he now is. I know home schooling isn’t for everyone but for a child like mine who is ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive, Depressed and has a learning disability I can’t imagine a better way for him to be taught. I do have two other children who both go to school, one in public middle school, the other in an alternative high school. So I’m not knocking public school, though I do have many complaints. I know not everyone has the ability or the desire to home school and I understand why. I just know that for my Joey it is the best way to go!!

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