The First Day of School!

Well, for the second year I have packed the boys off to public school. It was a little bit easier this year. Yesterday we took the boys up to meet their teachers, and I think they will be very good for the boys. Joshua and his best friend are in the same class, but Jeremy and his buddy (who are attached at the hip) are in different rooms. We saw the teacher Jeremy had last year and she told Jeremy the two were purposely separated because they were both so smart and they needed one of them in each class. Now, this is not something that should be said to Jeremy. After we left he told me he was going to get bad grades this year so that next year they could be in the same class. I squashed that idea right away!

I have also found out that sending the boys to public school is more expensive than homeschooling. Go figure. There are all the supplies, school lunches, and clothes to buy. That packed a punch to the checking account. Buying shoes was in interesting experience. BPS (before public school) I took the boys to a shoe store and easily guided the boys to buy what I wanted them to. Now Joshua has to consider each shoe in order to decide if they will cause the “bullies” in the class to give him a hard time. I guess this is the benefit of socialization I have heard so much about! ;^)

This is Joshua’s last year in elementary school. Next year he goes to middle school, which goes from sixth through eighth grade. I would love to know what educational “professional” or politician decided that it would be a good idea to put sixth graders in with seventh and eighth graders. To me it seems ill-advised to introduce such young children to the actions and attitudes they will encounter in middle school. Well, if it comes down to it, there is always homeschooling again!