They're growing up...
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 10:31AM Sniff.
I dropped Asher off at drivers ed this morning. He's doing the same program we used for Noah, as we were quite happy with their instruction and thoroughness. Technically, Asher could have started months ago. But, when I asked him about it, he declared that he wasn't ready yet...which was dandy. (And I thought it was pretty mature that he recognized that he wasn't ready.) Then, about a month ago, he came to me and told me that he wanted to start. So, here we are. :)
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(Before he could start, one of the requirements was having a photo ID. Since he doesn't have a school ID card or anything, I just took him to the DMV to get a state issued ID.)
He'll do the classroom portion of things over the Sundays in October. At the end of the month, he'll also do the two day drive camp on their premises (teaching defensive driving and skid correction and stuff like that). Then we'll get his permit and schedule his on-street driving sessions and wait the full year from getting the permit (whilst logging the required 50 hours of drive time with us). Whew.
Meanwhile, homeschooling Micah and Asher is keeping me busy. I ran through what's what in my previous post. Beyond that, though, I've gotta mention that homeschooling this year is bringing new challenges. There are still the same struggles as before...primarily convincing them that mistakes are opportunities to learn and reminding them that they shouldn't compare themselves to each other (that they're in different grades). But, there's a new focus/urgency on making sure Micah's prepared to start high school in a couple years. And, homeschooling Asher for high school is a new experience altogether...bringing issues like tracking credits/transcripts, figuring out test prep and more intentional lesson planning (it's not a breeze to plan six different subjects, btw...I've been doing it all along, true, but it feels more important now that I have to record it for a transcript). Plus, we're starting to think about getting Asher ready for life after high school...especially since this is our last year with Noah and we're worrying about whether we've done enough to get him ready beyond the academics.
Speaking of which, Noah's busy with college applications and such. We've attended his first official "senior graduation" meeting...have ordered a cap & gown...and have filed our FAFSA. He did campus tours last spring but we visited the University of Wyoming again a week or so ago, for their Campus Pass event. He and I didn't learn anything new but it gave Nathan, Asher and Micah the opportunity to see the campus and learn a bit more.
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(After the admissions presentation and campus and dorm tours and lunch and everything, we walked around Laramie a bit and found this fun mural.)
Noah's hoping to finish up and submit his college applications this week (just waiting on verification of a few things)...then it'll be on to scholarship applications and possible internships and registering for classes for his final semester of high school.
So. That's what I've been busy with here...just freaking out about my boys growing up. ;)
Reader Comments (1)
How has that much time flown by that Noah's ready for college, Asher is in high school and Micah is right behind him!?