Now They Hate It....

It's official, both of my children no longer enjoy their once a week blended school. They are bored, bored, bored to the point of not wanting to go next year despite seeing their friends. This was supposed to be a hands-on-experience type of school and they aren't receiving any. The teachers tell everyone what to write on their papers and the teachers are the ones doing all the experiments. Recess? No recess for the entire 6 hours of school and their gym class is run by a not so nice woman who likes to hollar. Their favorite teachers at the beginning of the year have now went down the ladder as they aren't as nice and friendly anymore, as our 8yo dd puts it, "Mom, its like they were just nice when we were new and now that we aren't anymore, they aren't as nice."

I told the kids, "Well, at least you get to see your friends." That doesn't matter they say because... "There is no free time and you aren't allowed to talk in class." When talking does happen in class it is usually about the subject matter (which I understand) but the kids are not even given a break for the entire day.

Well, if anything, their blended school experience has definately put a bad taste in their mouths for school-school, as neither can imagine doing that 5 days a week. I told them that in public school you do get a couple of recesses but that didn't matter, they were both like, "Yeah, but only about 40 minutes...big deal."