Isn't it amazing how

[fillthatnappylittlekiwi]

Not sure if I can put this properly into words, but I hope you get what I mean. Isn't it amazing how once you take the step to remove a child from school you find out just how down it was making them and how much of the real person was being knocked down to make way for this fitter inner?
Does this make sense? And no I'm not school basjing. I firmly believe for those whom it suits it is great.

fillthatnappylittlekiwi
I know exactly what you mean. It makes perfect sense to me.

All those years ago I told ds, that the dereg letter was going in and if he bought out my book on dyslexia that i had lent to his french teacher (because she admitted she knew nothing about teaching dyslexics!-sigh)
then he didn't have to go back ever again.

He wrote the word 'book' all over his hands, all over his 'rough book' all over his bag, so he wouldn't forget.

I was parked a way down the street at 3.30 that day-but I knew he had the book from the way he came out of that gate!
He skipped out-knowing he had never got to go back.
Then he skipped down the street to me-something I hadn't seen for years-and I felt such shame that I hadn't noticed how long that skip in his step had been gone for, until it came back-if you see what I mean.
Slowly,slowly school had worn away at his soul and I had let it happen.

My lovely lad had wanted to die before Idid something.

But do something i did-just as soon as I found the EO website, we sent in that dereg letter and got them out.

Very quickly the sparkle came back in his eyes and it's still there!

Aw Julie you have brought a tear to my eye!! Really glad both your children are doing better now I admire those that choose to HE

McDreamy
Thank you
We were forced to choose to home educate, but it so very quickly became our lifestyle choice that we loved-and we have seen the same thing happen to hundreds of other home educating families over the years.

It really has been such a fabulously happy way of life.

It is though, we have heard singing and laughing, and while they do have the odd falling out the generalised bickering has gone. We love being in the same room and hate when bedtime comes, as it now does all too quickly. Before we'd be watching the clock waiting for it to be late enough to give up for the day.
If someone could give me the secret to lenthening the daytime hours....

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move to Khartoum? You get 12 there all year round, I understand

Oh, and back on topic, yes, the skip in the step brought a tear to my eye too. No child should have to lose the skip in their step.

Im not sure how to do the link, but have a look at my photo's and see My DS's very famous teacher.

Opps the caption didn't come out. Its Mrs. McGonagle of Harry potter fame.