Comments on: Fighting things i cannot see.

By: khadijah

khadijah — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +0000

hi merry, long time no visit

i’m buzzing on this:
http://www.surrenderedwife.com/

and this:
http://www.emofree.com/

atm, so thought i’d share even though you’re not asking ,P

ooo, and this:
http://www.thework.com/index.asp

and this:
http://www.thejourney.com/welcome.htm

comment will probably get spammed. lol.

long live home ed.
a beautiful piece of reflective writing above.

xxx

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:00:01 +0000

We’re just starting this HE thing (more official since January I guess when we didn’t send Jude to nursery), and I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your post. I’m realising that I need to be very clear in my head how I am going to respond to people’s questions, to try not to cause offence (which I inevitably will, I’m sure, just by being different).

The rest of the post was harder reading and I’m sorry for everything you have gone through, but it’s wonderful the stong family ties and love that shine through what you write. I also feel sad that I’m maybe coming to HE at a time when it’s all changing (re: the Review), but I will do my best to stand alongside you all and fight!

Best wishes,

By: twinklythings

twinklythings — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:21:24 +0000

[quote] i can accept that it will simply be a â€œnot meant to beâ€ better than an â€œi wasnâ€™t allowed to and iâ€™m angry about itâ€ [/quote]

I so hear you on that.

As H said, it was a great honest post, and as all the others have said, stuff Facebook!

By: TBirdAnni

TBirdAnni — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:24:10 +0000

There’s a lot in your post I could have written myself. But really, you do have little to fear from official judgement on your home life. Your children are aware that you are not always happy, but you don’t hide that, and I think hiding your distress and lying that everything is okay would be worse for them. And stuff Facebook comparisons, you are a good mum, so there!

I’m sure we can all learn to fill in a tick sheet of what our children learn and I’m sure that, although things ARE going to change, it’s not going to be the end of home ed as we know it. Our LEA have already said that they don’t have school places for all the children who actually want them so really they aren’t going to be in any hurry to find seats for those who don’t want them! I’m sure that’s not an unusual standpoint.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:17:24 +0000

And it’s a really tiny thing compared with the enormity of all you’ve said, but no-one could possibly accuse you of not keeping good records! The blog is an amazing record in itself and I know you take frequent photos etc. of all your activities. I don’t necessarily think HEors *should* have to do all that in order to be proven “trustworthy”, but the fact is you have it!

By: mrshojo

mrshojo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:05:31 +0000

I refuse to do the compare thing as I would hate to upset anyone, even though I know it is all random crap, remind you of anyone? )

Anyone who knows you knows you are wildly better at almost everything than you think you are, that is your personality and we love you anyway. That is why we support you in the (small) ways we can. I remember thinking you were slighly barmy when we first met because you had such a low opinion of the things you did with your children,so little confidence, but look at your girls and the things they achieve, job well done maam.
Because, to quote a very dodgy advert, YOU ARE WORTH IT

big kiss