We have been homeschooling for 8 years now and have grown accustomed to those stares. Those stares that say "why aren't you in school"? or those stares that say "oh you're homeschooled" with a gruff voice. Before we started homeschooling, when I was in private school K-2 like any other kid I would be going to school from 8:00-3:00 get out of school and wouldn't be out in public until the afternoon and evening or the weekends it was normal for me, but when we first started homeschooling we had the freedom to go out in public and do things when we want to even though some homeschoolers feel they don't go out during school hours we do. We can go to Walmart at 10:00 in the morning or go to the thrift store at 2:00 in the afternoon it doesn't matter. At first those stares were weird and annoying I'd ask my mother "why do they keep staring at me"? her reply "because it is during school hours and they think your not at school". we were taught really soon that if we were asked "why aren't you in school"? our reply would be "I'm homeschooled". if they argued or asked more questions we would tell them to go to the parent we were with.
We were at water-burger one day when one lady sitting in the booth next to us started to complain and say why aren't those kids in school? I knew where this was going to go. Margery and I looked at mommy she gave us the cue to just eat our chicken strips and say nothing. She mentioned "what are they home schooled?" they must be well they are doomed especially the oldest Look at the youngest there she might actually be able to have hope I was staring to brew inside and she carried on the man with her started to ask her to lay off and mind your own business people started to stare by this point we were not doing anything wrong why should she worry? we finished up and went to the truck I asked mommy why she said nothing and she replied "it would have done no good she would have gotten worse, plus sitting there and behaving yourself will change her mind"
I learned that day that being silent and minding your own business can make a bigger impact than you think on people.
We still get those stares. Not too long ago we went to the pharmacy to pick a med up and the lady checking us out kept staring at us. We are much older now since we sat in water-burger that one day. At times those stares come more often we always fear having CPS showing up at our doorstep but luckily we have HSLDA (Home-School Legal Defense Association) with a lawyer a phone call away.
So as I said We are accustomed to those stares and for us we are more prepared for such Water-Burger outbreaks.
Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless,Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!
We were at water-burger one day when one lady sitting in the booth next to us started to complain and say why aren't those kids in school? I knew where this was going to go. Margery and I looked at mommy she gave us the cue to just eat our chicken strips and say nothing. She mentioned "what are they home schooled?" they must be well they are doomed especially the oldest Look at the youngest there she might actually be able to have hope I was staring to brew inside and she carried on the man with her started to ask her to lay off and mind your own business people started to stare by this point we were not doing anything wrong why should she worry? we finished up and went to the truck I asked mommy why she said nothing and she replied "it would have done no good she would have gotten worse, plus sitting there and behaving yourself will change her mind"
I learned that day that being silent and minding your own business can make a bigger impact than you think on people.
We still get those stares. Not too long ago we went to the pharmacy to pick a med up and the lady checking us out kept staring at us. We are much older now since we sat in water-burger that one day. At times those stares come more often we always fear having CPS showing up at our doorstep but luckily we have HSLDA (Home-School Legal Defense Association) with a lawyer a phone call away.
So as I said We are accustomed to those stares and for us we are more prepared for such Water-Burger outbreaks.
Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless,Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!
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