tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post1344585522495180247..comments2023-11-02T07:30:27.680-07:00Comments on A Little Bit Autistic: Life is a Highway: Part IILaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-51982554120361927062009-12-09T14:14:58.399-08:002009-12-09T14:14:58.399-08:00Having experienced all 3, I think your metaphor is...Having experienced all 3, I think your metaphor is hilarious and (mostly) true!<br /><br />However, I'd say homeschooling is less like a parking lot than like a really realistic driving-on-a-highway simulator. It's fast paced, you develop a lot of skills you might not even get on the country road, but a lot of the realistic detail is abstracted out...like the stop signs and most of the other drivers.E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-19437274833589991732009-11-23T04:03:06.469-08:002009-11-23T04:03:06.469-08:00Nyx - LOL Sign me up for a coop too!Nyx - LOL Sign me up for a coop too!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-91587451770242738182009-11-21T16:36:55.117-08:002009-11-21T16:36:55.117-08:00I had to come back and say that I CANNOT get that ...I had to come back and say that I CANNOT get that song out of my head! It's been days and it's driving me nuts!Nyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274150882524269249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-35373088586012460662009-11-21T09:24:45.665-08:002009-11-21T09:24:45.665-08:00You have been busy lately! I've missed all yo...You have been busy lately! I've missed all your updates and just now had time to read them. Hope you get all your options worked out!Brenda Rothman (Mama Be Good)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17399227210081662280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-28267948210321579152009-11-20T11:33:21.186-08:002009-11-20T11:33:21.186-08:00Maybe I need a little of that sort of schooling my...Maybe I need a little of that sort of schooling myself, since I actually had to google Jolie-Pitts, LOL! I don't really know about the coop thing, I saw something somewhere once and the rest I invented in my own mind I'm sure. But I guess I thought that in theory, you should be able to educate your children in groups with other children, with you and the other parents sort of working together ... I guess it would basically be like a private school, only you pay with labor instead of cash and you get to make all the rules and of course all the mistakes as well. In my imagination, I magically meet 5 or 6 other families who want to do this. They are all brilliant and strangely have a lot of excess time on their hands, and even more strangely agree with me on most things.Nyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274150882524269249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-82892448134984101312009-11-20T04:20:01.446-08:002009-11-20T04:20:01.446-08:00Cross country hiking? I like that! Provided it en...Cross country hiking? I like that! Provided it entails the driver getting the passenger out of the house, into the world and exposing the passenger to different places and people, like the Jolie-Pitts, right? Wait, what was I talking about? As for coop, I don't know much about that, beyond the preschool setting. Aren't coops in the preschool setting more like daycare? (I'm speaking from ignorance here.)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-31961799884855995112009-11-19T18:31:06.851-08:002009-11-19T18:31:06.851-08:00it's interesting to me that you think of homes...it's interesting to me that you think of homeschooling as a parking lot. I think I would've thought of it more as cross-country hiking. But what about those co-op schools?Nyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274150882524269249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-5492538616894357672009-11-19T04:22:21.596-08:002009-11-19T04:22:21.596-08:00Thanks. Well it sounds like he's doing well fo...Thanks. Well it sounds like he's doing well for the time being, so that's great. And with electronic organizers and online stuff, keeping organized and multitasking has to be easier today than it was when we were growing up.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-40071310930882083942009-11-18T18:45:25.172-08:002009-11-18T18:45:25.172-08:00Oh wow, what a great observation about our educati...Oh wow, what a great observation about our educational choices! Alec is in public school because, well because all my kids go to public school, my husband and I both went to public school and in our area there isn't much in the way of private schools except religious ones. And if you have special needs, they are not equipped to handle them. So far I am OK with the public school here but it is in the back of my mind that if things get bad for Alec I would consider homeschooling. I am generally not a proponent of homeschooling. But for some kids it may be the best choice and since the private school option doesn't really exist here, it is our only other choice. I really like Alec's special ed teacher (she is in the classroom to assist him and a couple other kids) and I wonder how much of my positivity hangs on this one person...<br />Brad is fortunate you are so aware and keeping his options open...Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934033119198457032noreply@blogger.com