Re: Sleepwalking/Home School.

[Guest guest]

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for the suggestions but I`m

way ahead of you! I have a deadbolt

lock and I hide the keys at night but

she searches for them while she`s

sleepwalking! The furniture moving is

more of a worry, if she drops the TV on

herself I won`t be the only disabled

one in the house LOL

I do understand about you

deciding to homeschool your son (my

younger daughter has behaviour

problems and is regularly at odds with

her teachers) but have you thought

about this option makng your son feel

even more different to other kids? I

expect initially he will be happy to be

away from the hassle of school but in

the long term will he blame his health

problems for distancing him from the

`normal`.

One other thing I`ve been curious abou

for ages is PE in US schools. I notice

on this and other lists people often

relate their bad memories of PE

classes and wonder why they had to

go through this. Is it compulsory there

with no way of opting out? Over here

(Ireland) PE is a compulsory subject

but a note from a parent is enough to

excuse a child, I myself did not do PE

as a child due to a back problem. At

the beginning of each year my mother

sent a note saying she did not want me

to be in the PE class, she usually said

why but this wasn`t necessary. Does a

parent in the US not have this option?

Joyce.