[img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] I work in kind of an: "educational interstitial" so to speak in that I do volunteer teaching in a small Christian school not too far from where we live in SE Iowa. It isn't HOME SCHOOLING, but some of the course materials are the same as what home schoolers would use. Of course small schools are constantly struggling with budgetary issues so when I called and asked if they needed a volunteer to do some of the HEAVY LIFTING like teach advanced Math and Physics and so forth, they could hardly believe their ears. The classes are small, and it is easy for me to teach almost one-on-one. The school is big enough that the kids get "socialization" without the priviledge of being mugged each day for their lunch money, or having their learning constantly interrupted by those who I refer to as: "professional disrupters". I also do substitute teaching in local public schools and each school has a handful of brats whose total focus seems to be: TO KEEP EVERYONE ELSE FROM LEARNING. The admin is powerless against these kids because they won't take unified action; there is always one or two teachers who are willing to put up with these disrupters at the expense of their own lesson plan. It is a joy to teach in an environment where real learning can take place. Because they can zooom across town to take Chemistry or Band at the local high school, the Christain school in which I volunteer is definitely, in many ways, the best of both educational worlds for those kids. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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