A quick, yet meaningful WIN for anyone starting out!

Here's my personal experience of completing the self-evaluation and the impact it’s had on my family - how will it impact yours?

If you've just joined, or haven't had a chance yet, I'd encourage you to take the first step and action of completing the mini self-evaluation - a simple series of questions for you to ponder and reflect on (under classroom tab in the intro of Start Homeschooling Course)… Here's why!

When I started looking seriously at homeschooling in Jan of this year, I felt alone and honestly… lost! The question "Am I on the same page as my spouse?" really had me stuck. If we were on the same page, then why did I feel so alone?

I'd made numerous 'failed' attempts at starting something that I believed resembled homeschooling... But I was doing it alone and was putting so much unnecessary pressure on myself. Sure, we had both made the decision that traditional schooling was not what we wanted for our girls, but that's really where the discussion had stopped.

I began researching, implementing and 'failing’. Not really knowing I had the support of my husband, practically or emotionally, and I still couldn't get the question out of my head. The self-eval helped me to discover how I was going to make the change needed.

Up until this point, I had been embarking on a learning journey of my own, and in order to not feel like a 'failure' anymore, I embraced the reality that I needed more support. Thus, with really immersing myself in the community of the HMG and the coursework, I was able to address my concerns with my husband and we've discovered so much about each other.

I learned that he wasn’t abandoning me! He was feeling ‘unqualified’ and ‘inadequate’ to support homeschooling (as I'm the one with the teaching degree and school experience), so he felt he was leaving it in my hands as the best educator for them. We didn't know how the other was feeling, or the reasons for our actions - now we do.

We have become more united as a couple and as parents, we are working through our vision and goals for what we both want and discovering how we can support each other. We are moving forward together and learning so much in the process.

If nothing else from this post... I hope your takeaway is, you are not alone. I'd love to hear back about other people's experiences of how the self-evaluation impacts your homeschooling journey.

3 comments