We could have finished school this week. Could have. #2 has 12 more English lessons and to finish The Yearling. #3 just has to finish up his math and handwriting books. That\u2019s it. We\u2019re within spitting distance of Summer vacation, and they won\u2019t just do the work.<\/p>\n
I told #2 this morning, \u201cIf you would just do your English from now until you\u2019re done, then you could finish today and have no more grammar until September. If you read your literature book for two hours straight, then you would be completely finished and I could stop yelling at you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I said to #3, \u201cYou have 15 problems on a math page for 11 more pages. They are all speed drills, so the problems are all the same just mixed around. Just do the same thing over and over for an hour and you\u2019ll be done and then you can have all day free for playing and inventing and making costumes.\u201d He\u2019s spent the last hour and a half on the same page. <\/p>\n
Don\u2019t these boys get how close their mother is to having her head explode? If they happens, they will be the ones who have to clean up the mess\u2026doesn\u2019t this occur to them?<\/p>\n
JUST DO THE WORK!!!!!!! AAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!<\/p>\n
Thanks, I needed that moment.<\/p>\n
It has become obvious to me that boys\u2019 brains and girls\u2019 brains are complete opposites of each other. When my daughters spot the finish line, they hurry up to finish that much faster. My boys see the light at the end of the tunnel, shrug to themselves and decide that there\u2019s no real reason to rush since the end is in sight.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s killing me slowly. I want to do other things besides sit in the basement next to them as they move at a snail\u2019s pace. If I get up for any reason they disappear, and then I have to go and wrestle them back downstairs and back on task.<\/p>\n
Welcome to homeschooling hell.<\/p>\n
This is the week of the year when I seriously consider putting them in school for next year. It\u2019s the week when I wish I wasn\u2019t pregnant because I could sure use a drink. The week when I think I need my head examined for thinking this was a good idea in the first place. The week when I scream, yell and threaten them across the finish line because otherwise they\u2019re the boys who would take a detour and stand in the fields picking dandelions and spinning around. This is the week when God teaches me patience.<\/p>\n
I hate it when He does that. Why can\u2019t the lesson be for my boys? Why can\u2019t he teach them to self-motivate and give them a desire to work hard rather than day-dream? I know, I know, that\u2019s my job. Being a grown up is no fun.<\/p>\n
P.S. If you are one of those annoying moms who keeps asking me what curricula we are using for next year and want to show me your color-coded lesson plans that you already have prepared for the Fall\u2026\u2026I love you\u2026..but walk away\u2026walk away now!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We could have finished school this week. Could have. #2 has 12 more English lessons and to finish The Yearling. #3 just has to finish up his math and handwriting books. That\u2019s it. We\u2019re within spitting distance of Summer vacation, and they won\u2019t just do the work. I told #2 this morning, \u201cIf you would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n