What’s the matter with kids today? Well, Chris Erskine of the LA Times shares some thoughts, anyway. I think we are supposed to relate…hopefully you don’t, really, but I did struggle to not spew forth my mouthful of Assam over Erskine’s observation that perhaps there might be a better way.
“Maybe we should home-school him,” I tell Posh after the first week.
“Spl-WHATTTTT?!!!” Posh says, doing a spit-take with her first mimosa of the day.
And that was hilarious. For those of you who are new here, or have perhaps forgotten, I’ll share my favorite homeschool criticism of all time.
You people don’t know like you know how to have fun. How sad? No mamoosas with the other moms while the kids are out at school. Structure and Learning in the Homeschool Environment (comment #27)
‘Cause moms just wanna have fun. And you can’t do that without a Mimosa or two, I guess. Maybe that is why Crimson Wife went ahead and made us one.
And for those of you who seriously are looking for a “better way,” I’ll be interviewing Kelly Curtis about her book Empowering Youth today on Home School Talk. Tune in a 1PM CST, or listen to the archive which will be available shortly after the broadcast from the same link.
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#1 What’s the matter with kids today?? Try what’s the matter with parents today?!
#2 I literally had a mom tell me once that she couldn’t homeschool because she wouldn’t have time ot have coffee with her friends.
Lock up the liquor cabinet and throw away the key…indeed!
Yeah, there’s that…the article really did seem to be a bit more about parents than kids perhaps. But I don’t think it was meant to be serious. At least I hope not.
Slightly off topic, sure, but did you see the CBS Sunday Morning piece on homeschooling? It was actually not bad.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml
Yes, I did. And yes, it was pretty good. Thank you for sharing it!
No mamoosas, huh? More proof that homeschooling is not for everyone…that commenter’s kids are probably better off at school.