Homeschooling Info

Saturdays have become rathernon-existent for me when I realized that I was pretty much doing the same things over and over. I worked as a nurse at the hospital, with most of my shifts scheduled from 11 pm to 7 in the morning. Worseorse, Tuesday was my only day off so most of my friends and family would still be stuck in the middle of their work, leaving me a book to read and a can of ice cold beer to unwind and let go of a week’s worth of stress.

I tried my best not to think about my friends come Saturday night. I did not want to imagine the leather wine carrier my best friend Carl always brought when there were pre-night-out dinners. I’d be rushingfrom one corridor to the top floor of the 11-storey building all night while everyone else was painting the town red. For the entire 8 hours I followed doctors, wrote down hospital notes and did everything from applyingbandages to saving lives.

The Morning After

When I’d return to my locker to pack up at around 7:15 on Sunday morning, my cellular phone would be full of text messages and missed calls from virtually every person I know. My brother mentioned how he got engravable cufflinks to spice up his attire. Michelle was ecstatic about the concert they went to and how she got free engraved zippo lighters, courtesyof the hot vocalist. My friends, I can say, are quite famouswhen it comes to partying so they never really have any problems getting freebies, VIP passes and other discounts.

Overall, I do not regret not being able to party much these days. I have a stable job and a good salary which afforded me engravable cufflinks as well. I just don’t know when or where I’m going to get to wear them. Scrubs and slip-ons have been my attire for 3 months now. Although I no longer get to experiencethe rush after having a couple of drinks, I do get excitedevery time I see other health professionals rushing towards a patient or area. Hospital life is actually not that boring, even if you’re working only at night.

Doing Better Things

It’s actually good that I’ve finally found solacein what I do. I might miss the usual Saturday get-togethers but I find that doing good in my job and making up for the lost time during the day is still very achievable, regardless of your shift. I made it a point to eat well, exercise and get enough sleep. Adjusting my body clock was pretty easy. When I’d get home at 8 am, I’d take a quick bath then hit the bed. I’d be up by around 3 or 4pm then would get my late “breakfast”. I’d either selectto watch some TV, do some house chores or buy some stuff at the mall or nearby grocery store.

I’d be done by around 8 so I’d hit a 90-minute workout before finally going back to my work routine. It isn’t all that bad if you come to think of it. I guess routines can be the most amazing things if you derive some meaning in what you do and constantlyset objectives to keep you on your toes.

The Montessori system of education is named after its creator, Dr. Maria Montessori who was a doctor, scientist, philosopher and anthropologist. She perceived that external influences do not just influence a young child’s mine, they form it. Therefore the aim of the teacher is not to control or impart knowledge to a child, but to create an environment where the child is exposed to the desired influences.

This concept is best created in the home, which explains the popularity and success of the Montessori home school system. Even in the best of schools young children in kindergarten or the first, second and third grades are exposed to many negative influences. Some children are just naturally unhappy in large groups. Others will pick up habits from badly behaved children or even develop anti social tendencies. The aim of the Montessori system is not to correct these things, but to prevent them from happening in the first place. While this can be achieved with some success in a regular school environment, it can be done best in the home in a Montessori home school.

In a Home School Montessori children are allowed to be free in their own environment. This allows a child to express its natural curiosity and as concepts a grasped, a need for order and organization develops and along with that so does self discipline. Obviously the safest place for a young child to be given this freedom is at home.

Young children have an innate desire to do things for themselves, either out of curiosity or to imitate the action of elders. The Montessori home school will provide children to participate in “adult” activities like cleaning, washing, gardening and so on. When a child is involved in these “natural” activities, things like learning what the letters C A T spell becomes equally natural. The Montessori home school allows children to learn by allowing freedom to their desire to understand. Allowing this freedom to children allows their self confidence and self esteem to also grow.

In a Montessori Home School the parent does not direct the child towards subjects to learn. Rather the parent follows the child’s natural inclinations and curiosity to support him or her in their efforts to understand what interests them. Of course, not everything will interest every child but the satisfaction children get from understanding things that interest them will lessen their resistance, in later years, to studying subject that are not appealing to them. The subconscious memory of the satisfaction that comes from understanding will overcome many of the barriers to studying “boring” subjects.

The Montessori Home School is a positive way to begin a child’s education. Even if later on parents decide to send their children to regular schools, the benefits of the Montessori home school will stay with the child for life. By allowing children to progress at their own pace and making understand that there are things they want to learn as well as things they are required to learn, a balanced outlook towards life is created in the minds of the children and this balance will stand them in good stead when they move out on their own.

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