So you want an Education

9/3/09
In an attempt to get my kids an education which is their right by law I rang the Education Welfare a couple of weeks ago and asked what was the alternative to school for youngest as I am not letting him slip thru the no education cracks as he is very intelligent. The Education Welfare Officer rings me, she has a tutor for youngest for 9 hours per week. I am happy about that and only hope he is too as it's a start.

"Not School" came to the house with the equipment to set Eldest up with an education, I am so happy about it. A lovely Scottish lady came to the house with a young man, they spent two hours going thru it all and supplied a new phone line, a mac computer, which eldest loves and a digital camera, it is based on the Australian model of teaching, all on line course work with access to a tutor 24 hours a day so always someone on line day and night, he can also if he likes talk to other student from all over the world on line and will get a certificate every time he completes a course. Eldest son was very eager and chatted to them both. I thought thank you god, he will now have something to focus on. As soon as the lady and young man left the house, Eldest says “I am not fucking doing that, it's for kids” he rendered me speechless. I was so frustrated with him that I cried. All that time spent by those people and by him acting as if he was keen and eager and smiling and talking and he says this only when they have gone. Ungrateful shit, I am furious at him. I had to call the lady up and tell her, I am so embarrassed after all the effort they went to.