1. The kids have started online classes and let me say right off the bat I realize this in no way actually qualifies as homeschooling. It’s more like the warehousing of the teens who are currently being online-schooled from home. It involves things like organizational skills and establishing a schedule and ridiculous shouting over Gracie disruptions but we shall overcome and all that jazz.
2. The teachers are doing the heavy lifting here and let me tell you, I am in awe. They’ve taken their curriculum and are using some witchcrafty combination of Google classroom, Khan Academy, YouTube instructional videos, online chats, e-mail assignments, and lord only knows what else to keep these kids moving forward with instruction. One teacher even loaded a Spanish activity onto her Instagram.
3. At this point I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if a carrier pigeon flew over the house and dropped supplemental materials on our doorstep.
4. The teachers will save us, man, most of all from attending school in July. Bless.
5. Being the bright side kinda gal I am (stop laughing!) I’ve been pointing out the positives in online-learning from home. Like bathroom breaks. Gotta pee? Off you go! Enjoy the freedom of not waiting thirty more minutes until you change classes. I’m nothing if not a benevolent dictator when it comes to bathroom breaks.
6. And then there’s snacks. Hungry? Cool, grab something to eat while you’re doing that assignment, just don’t dump anything on your keyboard ‘cuz Apple closed their retail stores and we’re SOL if your laptop crashes.
7. Plus there’s fuzz therapy here. Sure, the cat’s attacking computer screens and Gracie keeps stealing papers but still.
8. Am I little hinked out because there are people in my space? Yes, yes I am. It takes me a good three weeks to get used to these humans being home in summertime; now I’m trying to get used to them being home and taking online classes. I’m cheerleader and taskmaster and tech support all rolled into one so part of my introvert brain may spaz out at some point over having zero alone time.
9. If things get really hairy I might just lock myself in the bedroom for a while. These kids are old enough to not burn the house down.
10. Probably.
Riddle from the Middle 
Elearning is great for short term. I am concerned about how long this will go on.
When I think about the option to work from home, I’m not sure I want to. My husband is doing it and he’s taken over the dining area, and his work involves the phone, so I’m not sure how well I’ll write or math with him doing business around the corner, and I’m not sure I want to work from my BEDROOM. Just not sure. Just not sure. We have a VERY small office that isn’t open to the public and seeing clients is infrequent, so I’m not sure working from home would help. I could, however, stand to take some time off… Any chance you want to make my decisions for me, Madam Dictator?
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Ever stumble across comments 2 weeks later? Yeah, that was this one, but now I guess you’ve had a chance to see things settle out a bit on your end. Still heading into the office? I’m kind of hardcore about it, so at this point I’m probably going to say gee, Joey, time to look at solutions for the homestead. Do you have a kitchen table? Bear has taken over the dining room and I’ve just accepted that I’ll have to climb over charge cords and fuzzy blankets for the foreseeable future. 😆
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It’s so damm stressful. Never thought I would actually miss nit doing the house work and ironing.
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We’re working hard to minimize stress here. It’s harder for my son — he’s a planner and really doesn’t like this much ambiguity about when things will get back to normal.
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We live in crazy times! When the influenza epidemic hit in the early 20th century my grandmother did not have online tuition. She returned to school to find 6 of her classmates no longer with them!
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Goodness, that’s a reality check right there. I think I’ll do some research on epidemics so I can talk to my kids about past generations who’ve had to make changes to their day-to-day lives.
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Schools in South Africa closed today too. We are on our way to collect our granddaughter from her boarding school. We will be isolating ourselves on the farm.
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It’s the same here. I’m dealing with assignment for my grandson while his mom is working on her PhD.
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Oh my, good luck to all three of you!
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Thanks Laura.
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Pretty innovative I would say.
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They really are.
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From the teacher side, we are taking it one day at a time too
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It’s all any of us can do, really. Bless your whole self, Beth!
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❤
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“… bright side kinda gal?” Really? Come on, now.
Enjoy this experience with your kids. You will be talking about this for years to come. God bless the teachers who take their jobs seriously.
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I know, it’s a stretch, Dan. But we’re *trying* to look at the positives here. The dogs have no idea what’s going on, though. 😆
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Kinda like when I retired. The dog is just beginning to understand that I’m not going to work. The cats are just ticked off. Although one thinks my new job is to scratch her.
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Because what else should you be doing, Dan? Huh??
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