New to the Cellar

[babydoll]

Originally Posted by regular.joe

Hello, nice to meet you.

Hi, there! Nice to meet you, too!

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Your dreams were your ticket out.

Sadly, this is a step up. I hail from Kentucky.

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Welcome. Boobs or not.

Why, thank you very much!

Originally Posted by wolf

Actually, any of us who were here a long time ago still have the same user names, well, except one guy who decided he didn't want to screw up his employability, the rest of us just plain don't care about that.

If you were here, who were you before?

What led you to choose homeschooling?

And where, oh where, do you find people who are into role playing that doesn't involve dressing up in brightly colored latex suits and spanking each other?*


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* Not that I have any particular objection to that kind of role playing amongst consenting adults, but well, I haven't played D&D in years and I really miss it.

I think I may have been slightly incorrect in my assessment when I said I'd been here before. I used to belong to a board called "Nothingland," but it... um... imploded? *chuckles* When I Googled to see if there had been a new incarnation spawned I found this board. After poking around a while, I decided this was a somewhat friendlier incarnation of NTL. I was babydollgoddess on that board, if it matters, though. I shortened the screen name this time around.

The homeschooling plan came from several schools of thought. 1) I used to work for a school supply catalog which sold (mostly) to school boards and teachers. I spent entirely too much time explaining and reexplaining simple concepts to these so-called "educators" day after day. I learned it didn't matter what area of the US the call originated, I was going to be dealing with morons 90% of my day. It was sometime during my employment there when I decided that if I ever had children I would teach them myself - at least until they were old enough to think critically and research on their own.
2) I am a stay at home mom. Since Elias (my son) was an only child for nearly 5 years, I didn't have much to do except play with him. I just couldn't see always having mindless playtime, so we began to play color, shape, then letter games. As it is, he's been reading for almost a year, he can add and subtract single digit numbers, and he's more than capable of doing most anything a 1st grader can do. The only problem is, he's not old enough to go to school 'til this coming fall. I can't send my very active little boy to school now because he will be bored. Boredom for him leads to being silly, loud, and generally disruptive. I have no desire to start him on the road to being the "bad kid."
3) Maybe I can get him to pass the Bar Exam by the time he's 18, then he can support ME! (Okay, that last bit was a joke. )

I do plan to let him go to school around 5th or 6th grade if he wants... unless I can find a private school that is cheap and will meet his needs. I doubt that's gonna happen, though.

Ah, yes... roleplaying. Who said we don't wear brightly colored latex suits?! I thought everyone who owned polyhedral dice owned at least a whip... Geez. What kind of freaks have I found here?!
It's pretty difficult to find gamers worth the time nowadays. Most people will perk up when you ask if they're a gamer, then they'll tell you all about their WoW character. *deep sigh* Mostly, we sift through gamer friends to find someone who is available to game... and willing. Our gaming group is up to a WHOPPING three players, now! It quality, not quantity, though... right?

Geez. I should get paid by the word.