Since Hank never uses this for school anymore, I thought I would start writing about why and how
we home schooled.
Both Hanks sisters went to public school. One graduated and is a teacher, the other started home
schooling in 8th grade and Hank has never been to school except to work with me.
I noticed a big difference in what the girls got to do in school. They were 3 grades apart and
the younger one get less activities and field trips. Her second grade teacher called and asked
if she would be upset because she was having to cut projects that the older one got to do.
They were both basically being taught to take 'the test'.
I was very involved with the older ones school. Class volunteer, PSO president. There were
so many parents who wanted to help in the class the teacher had to keep a pretty tight schedule.
We had a great core group of parents who were very involved.
3 years later there were less volunteers but still plenty to help out. I was still involved but
less of the newer parents became involved. She was also taught that the Americans bombed
Hiroshima just for the heck of it. And could not ask for help because too many kids with
problems needed the teachers time.
As I worked at the school I saw behavior issues getting worse, teachers become less engaged
with the kids than when mine were younger. No more lunch with the teacher. Kids learned about
the Stamp act but not the Revolutionary War. And in 2009 when the kids told me there was only one
presidential candidate, we had a problem.
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