In her July 15 “year end report” she is clearly pedalling fast to try to make their home ed attempts look believable. She cites her sister (whose educational expertise amounts to some classroom volunteer time in her own kids classes) and it seems Sis scarfed some reading workbooks from the local primary for Sparkles Jr. Sis’ subsequent interpretation of his reading skills is that he is mostly keeping up with his peers. Well,this school inspector says: I should damn well hope so, hun. Nothing like being a codependent for your sister’s gong show when you have no formal training whatever to make such an evaluation.
Sparkles then chunters on about how she “might look into acquiring a proper curriculum next year” to keep the child’s two hours a day of schoolwork organised. She’s decided to keep the second child home in Sept when s/he should be in school. This of course will be to ensure that s/he can’t possibly encounter anyone who spoils the whole “you’re a princess” mindset she’s gotten him into.
Don’t underestimate the influence her partner has in all this. That year end review 15 July looks oddly like his work (see their related blog “sparkles-suitcase”) in which he sets out their travel plans for the coming years. I was astonished at the level of self-delusion in their so called planning (or was it advertiser bait). For folks who do not have a paid job, who collect benefits, and who cannot afford their rent, who basically declared insolvency (see her blog “when failure comes knocking” a couple years ago, they sure have expensive plans. Or they are deluded.
And my taxes support this tribe.