The little man actually agreed to go to school. I told him I would pick him up as soon as I could if he went. Amazingly enough he then went. And when I picked him up he was having a good pleasant conversation with one of the aides.
The little woman on the other hand is still refusing. And I don't know how to make that change. So I went to work and told Liz that something had to change. I need to look at some other options. I don't know what they are, but I can't have this clash every single day. I can't have the unhappiness and anger every single day. Liz agreed with me and gave me the next couple of weeks off to figure it out. Everything I can come up with off the top of my head says I will not be employed at the end of this.
Now the home specialist came and he sure didn't seem thrilled with any of the quick ideas I had. He wants them in school even if they are resisting so strongly. I looked at him and asked so how do you make them go. When they truly resist and nothing works...rewards, take aways, etc....how do you make them go? He did not have a ready answer for that. He has not ran across this in his career yet. He is just afraid if we do something different it will be lackadaisical....and it might....and they won't get educated. He seemed shocked when I told him....homeschooling does not have to be 9-3. It can be all day and in many many ways. That is one of the beauties of it. It is flexible to each learner.
Anyway it was good to get his opinion. But something still has to change because this is not good for us at all.
Whatever we do does not have to be permanent. It just needs to get us over this hump without too much damage to education.
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