Hi all,
I''ve been reading this HE section with great interest! We have 6 and 4 yo DDs. Our 6yo is very highly introverted and has always found the school environment stressful and tiring. She still performs well but she sometimes comes home and unleashes a lot of anger which i guess is the only way she can cope with the amount of stimulus she's taking on board during the day. We decided to send her to a private school, largely due to the smaller class size and the school we chose has a very caring and kind approach to the children.
Our 4yo also goes to a private nursery, again this is primarily for the higher staff:child ratio we chose for DD1 and our younger DD (who is more balanced between intro/extrovert) has just followed in her footsteps.
Both of our girls are home bodies, they love each other's company, they love activities at home and general family life. They both complain/cry about having to go to school and say they miss me. Neither of them enjoy being there, or particularly enjoy being with other children. I sort of took this for normal as I hated school too and figured all children do!
Recently though my 6yo has said to me that she doesn't find anything at school interesting. This worries me a bit as the one thing I had hoped was that she was at least getting a 1st class education (my school was appalling) while in the nicest possible environment. Now I'm thinking: what's the point in spending all that money on a private education if she doesn't want to go and isn't interested in lessons?
I know she would be delighted if we were to do HE as she has said quite often that she wishes I was her teacher! If I were to do HE with my older DD then I would just follow suit with my younger.
I do have doubts though, like how good a teacher do you need to be? How does it affect your relationship with your children? Is it too extreme to pull her out of school because of a lack of interest?
I hadn't considered HE as an option until a few days ago. I would love to hear your thoughts on my situation.
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HE for introverts?
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LucyBucy · 11/05/2013 10:45
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