Schools, Schooling, etc.

I think I am starting to blog like my good friend Brooke . I believe I may becoming a controversial blogger. I mentioned on my blog yesterday about a conversation that went on at the baby shower Wednesday night about public school vs. Private school. I just want everyone to know, I wasn't offended or upset by the conversation. I was just bothered that I couldn't give my real opinion because I could see that the conversation would have gotten heated and would have ruined the baby shower. That is why I put my opinion down on my blog, to get it off my chest.

I also got a question from my dear friend Maura in TN asking "What do you think of home schooling?" This is a question that I have been asked frequently in my last few years. I have been asked by family, who home school their kids, a woman in our knitting group, who also home schooled her kids, and now my friend Maura. What do you think of home schooling????? Here is my answer. I think that it just depends on the child. I personally do not think it would be a good thing for Gemma and Angus. I am an ultra-social person and I can tell from Gemma's personality she is too. She loves people and needs to be surrounded by them frequently. If I home schooled I think I would be taking her away from that. I know there are home school groups in which you interact with other home schooled kids, but to me it is just not the same. I also want my children to be able to function in society. I am not saying that home schooled children cannot, I just think it might be more difficult for home schooled children to do so. As I said in my previous post, how well a child does in public or private school is really up to the parent. I think home schooling might just be a little too much parent. The other reason I don't like the concept of home schooling is because I see how curriculums have grown over the years and the opportunities that children have these days at public school are tremendous. I don't think that children would have the same opportunities at being home schooled. So Maura, those are my reasons.