Just Things

Most of our schooling today was learning about what to do to try to locate the owners of a stray dog. :o) At the start of our Math lesson, Makayla jumps up and yells "Casey, come and look at this dog, he is starving to death!" She had spotted him out the window. They went to inspect. I cringed, cause I KNOW what's about to happen. So, a minute later they come and get me. I heard them beforehand, and I was secretly doing the 'meditation talk' over and over in my head "please go home, please go home, please go home". So, no such luck. Especially since it COULDN'T go home cause Makayla tied him up! And of course we had to feed him. In all honesty, he IS bones. See, I'm not TOTALLY heartless. He seems to be some sort of hunting dog, he looks like a Bluetick Hound to me. His ribs and hip and backbones are showing. With that kind of dog you never know....they are hard to keep due to their hunting nature and he has probably wandered off to far in his hunt. I called the Humane Society and local Vet to see if anyone has called their lost dog. Nope. We made flyers to put up around town, and even posted a couple of 'Found' notices online. Hopefully we will locate his owner and get them reunited. PLEASE GOD. We do not need another animal, nor do we want one. So, at any rate, our school day was interrupted but what do you do? The thing is, every day can be a learning experience, life lessons, no day is lost or wasted. There's more to life than the Three R's.

An update to the 'Scientific Notation' post: I'm happy to report that my nephew made passing grades (varying from 80s -90s from what I have been told) on all of the papers I helped him with! Yayyy! I really am amazed myself, because I seriously wondered if a lot of the answers were right. I didn't quite understand what the teacher expected on some of the material we did, there was a lot to decipher with no specific instructions. It's hard to teach something you don't know when you don't have instructions. He also took the test on that chapter and passed it! One note here though, I've been told that his grade was passing, but it wasn't a high passing, it was a low passing, but acceptable either way. Here's what gets me though, my son said he saw the test and my nephew only missed 5. I think there was 20 or 25 questions. I think he did awesome!!

But, honestly, I see why the 'good' public school teachers are teachers....and why they keep at it, even when the system is failing them and the kids....it's because there is nothing like seeing that 'light' come on when they 'get it'. Especially when they have NO confidence in themselves and feel like they will never 'get it'. I know he got some of it at least, and I love it when my kids 'get it'. Course, I can work with them and pound it into their heads for days if I have to. LOL It doesn't take that long, of course, but I can take the time if need be. So many perks to Homeschooling. I highly recommend it!