lately ive been

looking at different aspects of schooling (for reasons i wont get into as of yet) and considering all different options out their..

ive looked into home schooling and unschooling which i have to say although im not that familiar with either (im learning slowly) i am pretty impressed with unschooling and what bit i have read on it. not knocking homeschooling by any means but the unschooling had an interesting side to it that appealed to me personally.

ive also looked a tiny bit at correspondence schooling .. ack i know i killed that word ~ ah i love spell check *lol*

ive also looked at our state requirements to do say home schooling or unschooling and they seem to require the same thing.. and although i am killed by big words (i need a decoder sometimes) i will say that they seem a bit *unreachable* if our future plans fall into play.

makes me wonder how people do these things... or how do you decided which way to go or what is best for you? and what if you have a child who is *learning disabled* i believe that is the fancy label they gave wyatt the end of last year.. i mean i know where he stands sort of thanks to all of the testing threw his elementary school.. but i do wonder, how does one decide what grade level to teach if the child isnt exactly up to that grade level in every aspect?

i do think that this year will give us a good base start on wyatts special education classes (yes they will continue governement aka public school this year) however.. what the future holds only my broken crystal ball would have been able to tell..

and... if you home school, or unschool your kids, well than how do you maintain that *home school* if you travel? like lets say that you decide to take a road trip or vacation to the grand canyon for a month (hey its a long drive from here *lol*) from what im finding on NC home schooling jibber.. if your out of state for to long, than you have to *close* your school and re-open it later...

and how do you determin a name and all that jazz for your home school? i mean it said that you had to come up with your own name etc (guess that makes sense and uh ron.. the F. U. NC school wont work.. although i see the humor in it with what i can semi understand)

and why do you have to take the standardized testing for the state if they wont provide you with a diploma (gotta print your own) and if they wont put the state seal on it as they do a regular goverment aka public school? i mean you have to jump threw their hoops and yet you have to get a seal of your own?

ah so many questions.. at least we have time to find answers to them...