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Originally posted by JennyC
...and he thought that if it was what I thought would work, paying a little over $1 a day to facilitate our children's learning would be a bargain.
He talked a long time about how because we perceive education as "free", Americans also think it's cheap. It's not cheap at all and to his way of thinking, if we should skimp anywhere in our spending (which we do), it shouldn't be with education.
We are starting a homeschooling account - separate from our checking and measley savings - to be sure we always have cash available to do field trips and buy supplies.
I thought that was a fabulous idea myself.
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::: standing ovation :::: from me on this note! We agree wholeheartedly, and I think that what you and your husband were talking about is an extension of the whole homeschooling 'thing.' I mean, think about it, you are already spending dollars homeschooling by the very fact that you have chosen to do it rather than go back to work. Know what I mean? I could go back into the workforce and bring in a good chunk of change which would make many things possible for our family, but it would mean giving up homeschooling. And we don't think the extra money is anywhere near being worth that.
Tara