New laptop!

Sharon Kay

Sharon Kay

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...but not for digi scrapping...

We just bought a laptop today for homeschooling :thumbup: ...so now we are portable! YAY YAY YAY! I've spent the whole afternoon and evening getting the laptop set up and all the homeschooling software installed! Wow that is a lot of work! We bought Switched on Schoolhouse for our 7th grader and our 9th grader...plus Rosetta Stone's Homeschool edition of Spanish. Each kiddo has their own laptop to do their work on. Next...I have to install all the software on the older laptop for this year's curriculum...I bet it's going to take me basically 1 1/2 days to get this all done and set up!

I homeschooled the 9th grader last year alone using this software and it worked great for him. ...so hoping the 7th grader does just as well on it.

Boy it is nice to know we are mobile if we want to be...or if they fight...I can easily tell them to take their schoolwork to another room. :p I've got my laptop for digi scrapping so I can just move close to whichever one needs my attention at that time. We can also go to my mom's house if I need to take care of something there...they just pack up their laptops and hop in the car.

Just had to share! Wasn't sure I was going to be able to convince dh we needed that laptop.
 
That's great! Being a teacher, I can honestly say I wouldn't have what it takes to homeschool! It seems so much harder to me because you have to do it all. My hat's off to you homeschooling mamas.

Let us know how Rosetta Stone is... my spanish is falling apart and living in Texas I NEED it.
 
schock77 said:
That's great! Being a teacher, I can honestly say I wouldn't have what it takes to homeschool! It seems so much harder to me because you have to do it all. My hat's off to you homeschooling mamas.

Let us know how Rosetta Stone is... my spanish is falling apart and living in Texas I NEED it.
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Well I wondered how well I would do...last year went great...so going to do both school aged boys (I have one in college too) this year. I spent a lot of time at school between them trying to get them help. Both are ADHD and one also has PDD-NOS (form of autism)...our elementary school principal didn't believe in ADHD so it was very hard to get help for them. Our District School Psychologist told me that NONE of the teachers in the school had ever attended one of the classes the district taught on ADHD and other disabilities...and the principal had never attended any.

Middle school was a nightmare...he spent 7 hours in school per day...and at least 4 hours on homework every night (except Friday night...I let him go without homework), all day Saturday, and all day Sunday...the poor child had no life!! One teacher out of 8 would adjust his homework...that teacher fortunately was his hardest subject. He was a wreck...after a year at home the pressure is gone, the threats of being beaten up (major bully problem at school) are absent, the grades are up, he is off the anxiety meds, learning is up a bunch, and his grades are A's and B's!!...and I have my smiling child back again! It was a wonderful year for us.

Wish me luck on doing both...I know there will be "times"...but I also know I can adjust to their learning styles, they will learn a lot...and that "teacher" (being the computer) will be the bad guy for assigning so much work! lol

I'll let you know on the Rosetta Stone...I'll be taking the course as well. I took 5 years of Spanish in school...but that was 30 years ago so I'm a bit rusty. lol

Personally I don't know how teachers can try to teach so many different personalities, levels of learning, all the different subjects, and a variety of disabilities...at the same time! I think there are too many restraints on teachers which keeps them from being able to teach in different ways (and creative ways)...which would be better for all the kids. ...but that's a whole different subject! lol I know when I volunteered up at school the teachers really did appreciate it...and our classroom sizes were 30-35 kids in each class.
 
I know the feeling, once you're not tethered to something, you're free to go hide somewhere when things keep interrupting you! Congrats on your new toy!
 
Sharon Kay said:
Well I wondered how well I would do...last year went great...so going to do both school aged boys (I have one in college too) this year. I spent a lot of time at school between them trying to get them help. Both are ADHD and one also has PDD-NOS (form of autism)...our elementary school principal didn't believe in ADHD so it was very hard to get help for them. Our District School Psychologist told me that NONE of the teachers in the school had ever attended one of the classes the district taught on ADHD and other disabilities...and the principal had never attended any.

Middle school was a nightmare...he spent 7 hours in school per day...and at least 4 hours on homework every night (except Friday night...I let him go without homework), all day Saturday, and all day Sunday...the poor child had no life!! One teacher out of 8 would adjust his homework...that teacher fortunately was his hardest subject. He was a wreck...after a year at home the pressure is gone, the threats of being beaten up (major bully problem at school) are absent, the grades are up, he is off the anxiety meds, learning is up a bunch, and his grades are A's and B's!!...and I have my smiling child back again! It was a wonderful year for us.

Wish me luck on doing both...I know there will be "times"...but I also know I can adjust to their learning styles, they will learn a lot...and that "teacher" (being the computer) will be the bad guy for assigning so much work! lol

I'll let you know on the Rosetta Stone...I'll be taking the course as well. I took 5 years of Spanish in school...but that was 30 years ago so I'm a bit rusty. lol

Personally I don't know how teachers can try to teach so many different personalities, levels of learning, all the different subjects, and a variety of disabilities...at the same time! I think there are too many restraints on teachers which keeps them from being able to teach in different ways (and creative ways)...which would be better for all the kids. ...but that's a whole different subject! lol I know when I volunteered up at school the teachers really did appreciate it...and our classroom sizes were 30-35 kids in each class.
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Ugh. Sharon, as a former special ed teacher, this whole post just makes me want to cry.. and it also really really really makes me mad. I'm so sorry your kiddo went through that. :cursing:
 
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