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In my young married, new mother years I used to say I would never put my child(ren) in the public school system. Yes, I ate those words.
My children have been to Christian school, have been home schooled and are currently in public school and have been for 6 years.
With having said those words I came to realize that : a) Christian school is not for everyone b) there is sacrifice for doing so and c) it is not a cure all fix all.
I went all 13 years (K-12) to a Christian school. I had no idea how public school was. All of my friends from church went to a public school, so I knew it wasn't all bad, but I did think I was better for going to a "private" school.
I thank my parents for the sacrifices they made to put me and my sisters through Christian school. I feel I got a great education and have a really good knowledge of the Bible.
Do I wish I could put my children in a Christian school? Yes and no. Yes, in that I would love them to know the Bible like I do, to be taught discipline like I was, to have the fundamentals and foundation I was given. No, in that my children are witnesses in their school. They are always bringing their friends to church and several have gotten saved because of it. My youngest has a slight learning disability, she gets the extra help she needs to succeed where in a private school she would not get the extra help she needs. And no, she would not get it homeschooling either. Its not about more time I would have needed to spend with her, she needed specialized help. I tried. I knew I/she/we needed help when homeschooling was not working. I felt like I was banging my head against a brick wall at the end of the day and was just exhausted mentally and physically. At that point it had started affecting my health. I started having migraines, my face was breaking out and I must have looked horrible because my dad said something to my mom about it.
We put them in school right after Christmas break. Hannah eased right in, but that's the way she is. Emily was a different story. To make it worse, her and the teacher were not a fit - at all.
She had already been taking speech therapy 3 or 4 years and her speech therapist was at that school. She went to bat for Emily so many times. She let that teacher know real quick she did not know it all and that it wasn't all by the book. Thankfully the next year Emi had a teacher that she bonded with what a great year that was.
Six years later - Emily only has to have help in one class - Math. Everything else is up to par. Praise the Lord.
Hannah never has had trouble really, hers has been girl drama. She is dramatic so I shouldn't have expected anything different.
There were the years in middle school where I, as a parent, was trying to find my way and failed. At times and during those times, it was rough. I kind of figured it out so the road has been a bit smoother.
Still learning every day.
I get quite amused when my girls talk about life in general and how things are and how they are going to do it. Yeah right! Its amazing how you change your view on things when it involves your child.  They're still young, they've still got quite a while before they will be on this road.
But wasn't it just the other day I was in high school? Time sure has flown and doesn't seem to be slowing down or stopping any time soon.