A daily dose of homeschooling humor from the second-oldest of five happily home educated, cheerfully countercultural children.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE HOMESCHOOLED WHEN...

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

July 6th, 2009

...you and your friends play "how many presidents can you name?" voluntarily.

July 5th, 2009

...you insist you're not an adult when you turn 18 because that's just an arbitrary number assigned by the government. Real adulthood is earned, not arrived at.

Friday, July 3, 2009

July 4th, 2009

...you insist that the official American "Independence Day" is July 2nd, not July 4th.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

July 3rd, 2009

...your four-year-old brother can answer the "socialization" question. (Submitted by MK)

July 2nd, 2009

...you'd be labeled ADD or ADHD if you were put in public school.

July 1st, 2009

...you are fully qualified to be a mother at age ten.

June 30th, 2009

...you think myspace is of the devil.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

June 29th, 2009

...you have so many babysitting requests you form a referral business, turn the job into a unit study on business and economics, incorporate after discovering this is the best way to grow your company, start an international chain, and become a multimillionaire. Oh, and you also get credit for home ec. (Idea submitted by MK)

June 28th, 2009

...your first question was "Michael WHO?!"

Friday, June 26, 2009

June 27th, 2009

...you've changed FAR more diapers than the average day care worker. (Submitted by MK)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 26th, 2009

...you're upset you're going to be missing a lecture on anthropology for The Truth Project while you're away at summer camp.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

June 25th, 2009

...you're thrilled when you get nothing but books for your birthday.

June 24th, 2009

...you can recite any Calvin and Hobbes strip on demand.

Monday, June 22, 2009

June 23rd, 2009

...you have to move dirty laundry off your desk to do schoolwork. (Submitted by MK)

June 22nd, 2009

...you don't know the words to a single hip-hop song--but you memorized all of Shakespeare's sonnets one summer...for fun.

June 21st, 2009

...you never get a snow day. (Submitted by MK)

June 20th, 2009

...you get confused when kids ask how long you spend on homework. (Submitted by JD)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

June 19th, 2009

...you organize the money in your wallet by serial number.

June 18th, 2009

...your heroes are all dead.

June 17th, 2009

...you and your friends FAIL at impromptu planning.