You know you are a homeschooler when ...
(I can make fun of this because I was homeschool my entire life)
I want your comments!!! I know there are lots of good ones. Here are just a few to start you off.
* You and all of your sibling's names can be found in the genealogy of Christ in Matthew 1.
* You have many siblings. Your mom sometimes gets your names confused. You've given up that anyone outside the family will ever remember your name.
* You go to the library and come out with more that your weight in books. And the librarian knows your name.
* You go shopping and the cashier and many others say, "Too sick to go to school today, huh?"
* Your brothers all wear their jeans high enough so that you can see several inches of their socks
* You and your sisters have matching outfits
* You drive a large van
* Your mother still wears the same pair of glasses from twenty years ago.
* She also wears jean dresses, skirts, and jackets with sneakers. :) And if not in jean, a jumper of some sort is a must.
* You sleep in late, watch a tv, surf the internet, and still finish school early.
* You think that reading history is best accomplished while lying on the floor (sometimes you sleep through it, sometimes your mother does too).
* You correct your own math lessons. wOOt saxon!
* You will actually talk to grown ups at a family gathering and are actually patient with kids half your age.
* Every time the phone rings it is an automatic 10 minute break, so the teacher can answer the phone.
* You can take off a day, if you do extra work in your free time the day before.
* You go to school in your pajamas.
* Your dining room and living room now have a computer, copy machine and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls
* Most of April and May are spend doing school outside. Not that you can really call it school. But your mother says that whatever you are doing outside counts as school.
* Baking cookies counts as math and science. And sometimes english if it has been a long week
Anyhow, I have to get to class. Think up some more. :)
I want your comments!!! I know there are lots of good ones. Here are just a few to start you off.
* You and all of your sibling's names can be found in the genealogy of Christ in Matthew 1.
* You have many siblings. Your mom sometimes gets your names confused. You've given up that anyone outside the family will ever remember your name.
* You go to the library and come out with more that your weight in books. And the librarian knows your name.
* You go shopping and the cashier and many others say, "Too sick to go to school today, huh?"
* Your brothers all wear their jeans high enough so that you can see several inches of their socks
* You and your sisters have matching outfits
* You drive a large van
* Your mother still wears the same pair of glasses from twenty years ago.
* She also wears jean dresses, skirts, and jackets with sneakers. :) And if not in jean, a jumper of some sort is a must.
* You sleep in late, watch a tv, surf the internet, and still finish school early.
* You think that reading history is best accomplished while lying on the floor (sometimes you sleep through it, sometimes your mother does too).
* You correct your own math lessons. wOOt saxon!
* You will actually talk to grown ups at a family gathering and are actually patient with kids half your age.
* Every time the phone rings it is an automatic 10 minute break, so the teacher can answer the phone.
* You can take off a day, if you do extra work in your free time the day before.
* You go to school in your pajamas.
* Your dining room and living room now have a computer, copy machine and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls
* Most of April and May are spend doing school outside. Not that you can really call it school. But your mother says that whatever you are doing outside counts as school.
* Baking cookies counts as math and science. And sometimes english if it has been a long week
Anyhow, I have to get to class. Think up some more. :)
I LOVE THOSE!!! The Library one is probably my favorite...we used to walk in and the librarians would wave and ask us how the newest baby(whichever one it was that year haha) was!
ReplyDeletesaxon. blech.
ReplyDeleteYou know you are a homeschooler if. . .
ReplyDeleteYou can't stop being sarcastic in every situation.
(ahh, it's so true, I hate to admit it but it's so true, all homeschooler's do it!)
heh, yes homeschoolers are sarcastic!
ReplyDeleteand I love that running tab at the FREE library. We always were missing at least one book so mom started writing them ALL down when we got home. Now that is dedication because that was a lot of books. I bet she is happy for the internet now.
*All your English papers have an encouraging message and a smiley face on them, no matter how badly you really did.
ReplyDelete*And, if you put off an assignment long enough (especially near the end of the year) it might actually go away.
Oh my, yes. Many years of fun.
ReplyDeleteThis post needs to win some kind of award! (Would a sticker do?) (or some award poster printed on the computer?) I laughed outloud reading this and the wonderful comments! I love being a homeschooling mom! I always loved riding somewhere in the middle of the day and realizing if you all were in school, you wouldn't be with me! I love having you around. Thanks for the post, especially the falling asleep part. HOw about the people checking you out at the library always pick up the phone and call for more help when they see your family coming? I always found that amusing.
ReplyDeleteheh, king henry the fifth paper.
ReplyDelete"Faith, you can't graduate until you write that paper."
Haha, yes mom.
Ps. It was never written.
For the record, I was never a "homeschooler."
ReplyDeletePhysics project: Creating devices to throw eggs out the two story window without them breaking.
ReplyDeleteScience project: Making real geletin out of pigs feet.
Friday's schedule: Learn socializing skills at the Hall's
#1 question asked upon hearing that you were homeschooled: Did you have any friends?
Hahah, Hayley, you are hysterical!
ReplyDeletecan i just say that this is HILERIOUS!!! my spelling obviously improved in homeschooling..lol. okay ya'll need to do this at teh cofffee house ITS SOOO FUNNY! i have one that was VERY POPULAR in the townsend house hold..
ReplyDelete~going to the beach IS a valid fieldtrip!