Homework

This is a topic that is so pathetic in its inability to give any sort of real update, but hopefully it serves to prove that we're still alive around here!

Bogomila decided over Christmas break that she was ready to try out a few classes at the public high school in addition to home schooling. She had a variety of reasons for doing so, but we were very supportive of her decision. In a three-week flurry we had a meeting with the team that would be working with her, chose classes, reorganized her private therapy schedule, and then had a snow day (which ended up costing two school days) at the end of the last quarter that pushed the much-anticipated start date back by a day because they had to use what was supposed to be the first day of the new term for finals!

Yes, we live in Minnesota.

So, last Tuesday was her first day, which she describes as a nervous day. Wednesday was "boring" and Thursday appeared to be a fine day, but homework as a little overwhelming to her that night. (We're working with her teachers to find the right balance of work taking into account her language limitations, and they've been very helpful!)

She's taking three classes, starting second hour (so doesn't have to get there until 9am, which greatly helps our morning routine which already involves getting Reuben up and ready for the bus by 7:15, Krassi by 8:20, and all of Mira's morning cares, in addition to a variety of other little people), and gets done about noon. She's taking an Intro to Foods class, an ESL English class, and one that she chose because it sounded "boring, but useful" called "On Your Own," which teaches goal setting and independent living skills. At home we're still doing math, history, a variety of odds and ends, and practicing English in a variety of ways as well.

Tonight she came home with a homework assignment for her foods class.

The recipe was simple, but that meant she could do all of the reading herself, even with her still somewhat limited English reading skills, and, since a smoothie that serves four doesn't go very far around here, she also got to practice her math skills by doubling it.

She figures she can go to school tomorrow and tell her teacher that her family ate her homework. 😋