21centuryhomesteader

Well, here I am in the middle of my first year home-schooling a 9^th grader. I have been home-schooling for about five years now. I have to admit I was scared stiff. But it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. We started early this year, back in the middle of July, so that when the school year was in full swing we would have the kinks worked out. Jay is doing very well and wanting to graduate early. I guess I will plan on it and cross that bridge when I come to it.

The hardest part was putting together his class schedule for the next four years. It took some research to balance the requirements of our Umbrella school with the requirements of the public school. I know that here in Tennessee I didn’t have to worry about what the public school required, but since they required a few more courses that our umbrella didn’t, I thought what would it hurt. After all I think an American Government class and a Personal Finance class really aren’t that bad of an idea.