I came across this as I was searching for something else today … thought I would share for those of you that happen upon my blog and homeschool as well (the bold ones we can relate to the most around here):
You might be a home schooler if …
- Someone asks what grade you’re in and you’re not sure.
- You sometimes go to school in your pajamas.
- You sleep until 9:00 am on school days, but get up early on Sundays.
- You own the entire series of Saxon Math books.
- Your birthday is an official school holiday.
- You don’t get to stay home from school when you’re sick.
- Your favorite activity is reading.
- You know what a unit study is.
- Watching a movie means you’ll have to write a report comparing the film to the book.
- You dress up as historical or literary characters for Halloween.
- You exchange e-mail Valentines with your homeschool pen pals.
- Your room looks like a science lab.
- You can get science credit for going to the dentist.
- You go to the park for P.E.
- You check out at least ten books every time you visit the library.
- You have ever attempted to teach yourself physics.
- You get books and science kits for your birthday.
- You know what Latin roots are.
- Your board games all have names like Bookworm, Scrabble, S’math, Game of Knowledge, and Name The State.
- Your home library is arranged in Dewey Decimal order.
- Your favorite place to study is outside, under a tree.
- You can quote lines from Shakespeare, but not from South Park.
- You never get nervous on the first day of school.
- The only bully you ever run into is your big sister.
- You don’t have to remember a locker combination, just your computer password.
- It takes you less than a minute to walk to school.
- You don’t have to worry about forgetting anything – you can just run back to your room and get it.
- Your school bus is a nine-passenger van.
- There are only nine students in your class – but all of them are your brothers and sisters.
- You have a 12-year-old, a 4-year-old, and a 2-year old in the same class.
- You can get extra credit for cleaning your room.
- You live in a one-house schoolroom.
- Your walls are covered with maps and timelines.
- You know what math manipulatives are.
- You have mold growing in your fridge … on purpose.
- Your preschooler can name all the planets, but doesn’t know who the Rugrats are.
- You’ve mastered the fine art of vacuuming a floor without sucking up a Lego or K’nex piece.
- You’re either an expert at doing the Lego dance – Ouch! Yeow! – or else you’ve resorted to wearing shoes around the house.
- You know the recipes for homemade versions of Play-doh, finger paint, and paste.
- Your students have to clear the breakfast bowls off the table before sitting down to do their school work.
- Your house is messy, but your kids are happy.
- You know that reverse psychology really works.
- Your kids publish their own family newsletter.
- You shop for birthday presents at educational stores.
- All you want for Christmas is a Barnes & Noble gift certificate.
- You’d rather buy books than clothes.
- Your friends don’t want to help you move because you have so many books.
- You turn a trip to the grocery store into a learning experience.
- You get nervous about what people will say when you take your kids to Wal-Mart in the middle of the day (not anymore)!
- You have a standard one-minute speech to give to store clerks, mother-in-laws, and school officials about why you homeschool.
- You are sick and tired of answering the question, “But what about socialization?”
- For your wedding anniversary, you decide to splurge and get a photocopier.
- Talking out loud to yourself is the same as having a parent/teacher conference.
- When you see a parking lot full of mini vans, you wonder if there’s a homeschooling conference.
- You take your family vacation in September, when the beaches and theme parks are empty.
- You take a suitcase full of books along on your family vacation.
- You can never find your kitchen utensils because they’re out in the sandbox.
- Your kitchen doubles as a science lab.
- You are on a first name basis with your local librarian and bookstore owner.
- The UPS driver delivers a box of Scholastic books to your doorstep once a month.
- You’re willing to drop what you’re doing at a moment’s notice to go look something up in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- You have ever vented for more than five minutes on the evils of standardized testing.
- Some days you learn as much as your students.
- The more your kids learn, the less you seem to know.