We stood at the cashier and as I finished my transaction, she looked at the boys and said, “You’re not in school?”
“We homeschool,” they replied.
She looked at the time and saw it was not quite noon and said, “Shouldn’t you be at home in school then?”
The boys just shrugged, having no idea what she was asking or how to respond.
I interjected that we were in school, we just moved our classroom to the grocery store that morning.
She then turned to them and said, “Oh, well in that case, what’s the tax going to be on this bill?”
My seven year old piped up and said, “I don’t know, but I do know these two drinks add up to $2.”
It was an interesting exchange and what I came away with was another opportunity to revisit what we are doing and why it works so well for us as a family.
The situation helped to remind me that we are walking a different path but that my alternative view of education and learning is something that really resonates with me and seems to be working very well for my children too.
And I enjoyed another opportunity to observe the kids continuing to just be themselves and feeling confident in what they do know and how they interact with others.
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