I used to enjoy in between times. Seek them out even.

These days are a drag. A never ending drag. It is so much easier to be allowed to focus on one thing. If I could figure out a lifestyle that allowed me to homeschool my child, I would never do it the way the school system has set it up….

Zoom meetings are awful and to have to do them multiple times a day sucks for anyone. I imagine for young children it might be just about the most dreadful thing ever. I want my child to enjoy learning. And we both agree that school sucks this year. I want my child to learn to read and write better, but as the school year progresses I am seriously wondering what he is even accomplishing… just getting him to log in to his meetings is such a struggle.

Then when he is logged in there is a new struggle. Not to randomly click on the mouse. To stay focused on the teacher instead of a single classmate. In my quest to get him to stop clicking the mouse every two seconds, I suggested he fiddle with some clay instead. Then the teacher told him to put the clay away.

I’ve had work meetings where leaders try to honor different learning styles and bring play dough and pipe cleaners for adults to use during the meetings to help them focus. But teachers don’t allow their students the same? I am so befuddled by the world that some days I feel amazed just to have gotten through it.

I am hopeful that after talking with me and getting a break outside the rest of the day will go better. We had talked about making a faery house after school. There is one in our neighborhood that we walk by somewhat regularly. He also wants to work on a big puzzle. These are both great learning activities. And we’re stuck in this horrible school schedule that I think only really works for administrators.

If he makes more of an effort, we might make a house….