I should probably introduce myself

[59billy]

I've got a somewhat part time under the radar job because Illinois says I'm just a incompetent teenager and it would be unsafe to pay me to use a drill

Of all the illegal things I've seen teenagers do, working is the coolest!

Welcome aboard!

 

[B Royals]

Two questions ....... Where at in Illinois and what in the hell is it with all these kids and "home-schooling"

We started homeschooling when the school corporation told me we had to put my 2nd grade Son on medication. They said he wouldn't sit still in front of the computer over half the day. lol you don't say. The options were medication or suspension, we chose a different one. My wife was actually working for the school at the time. She quit and started home schooling after Christmas break, never looked back. It's not for everyone, but we love it.

 

[Bill G]

Parents don’t want their kids using a litter box

If their kids are chitting in a litter box I question where they learned it......

 

[Bill G]

We started homeschooling when the school corporation told me we had to put my 2nd grade Son on medication.....

I loved 2nd Grade

 

[Loony661]

We started homeschooling when the school corporation told me we had to put my 2nd grade Son on medication. They said he wouldn't sit still in front of the computer over half the day. lol you don't say. The options were medication or suspension, we chose a different one. My wife was actually working for the school at the time. She quit and started home schooling after Christmas break, never looked back. It's not for everyone, but we love it.

We are at this tipping point too. My boys actually go to a private, country Lutheran school, but it’s expensive and although the education is great and faith based, the teachers who are unmarried women without children of their own, have a disconnect when it comes to young boys behavior. They haven’t actually stated that my youngest needs meds, but we have had several conferences regarding a 7yr olds ability to focus in a classroom setting. Bring him home and he completes tasks on his own, from start to finish. Tell him to sit still and you might as well try and rope a tornado.

My wife wants to homeschool our boys, and I want her to as well. So now it’s just figuring out how to afford her quitting her job to handle that.

My wife and I are both public school graduates, and we both would never send our kids to the local public schools. Minnesota has failed. Public schools have declining enrollment at a significant rate, the last several years around here, for a plethora of reasons.

 

[Loony661]

If their kids are chitting in a litter box I question where they learned it......

I agree that character building starts at home. But I won’t send my kids to the public schools that not only tolerate, but accommodate mental illness behaviors such as litter boxes in the schools, and tampons in the boys restrooms. Public schools today, are not at all what they were yesteryear.

 

[Loony661]

I've been on here a little while but I figured I should introduce myself. I'm 16 and homeschooled in Illinois. 5' 11" and 190lbs of muscle. I like cutting big logs but don't get to do it as much as I wish. 2 years ago this spring our largest machine shed with a shop attached burnt, 3am on a Sunday morning it sounded like someone was taking out windows with a shotgun. With tanks inside blowing up there was nothing we could do, it was a total loss. Got just enough insurance from everything to rebuild the barn 40'x60' with a 17'x60' lean-to shop with concrete floors. We put the entire thing up ourselves. Between cleaning up the old barn and getting the new one up it was a entire year of not seeing friends or really leaving the farm except for church. And then we bought a tractor to replace the one we lost in the fire. Well dad got home and I pull the oil dipstick and it's steaming, that was 2 months of work in the shop between other stuff. Get that done and 3 weeks later it quits moving, back in the shop for the torque limiter. Get that done and the pilot was long due for a lot of work, that was a nightmare. Just recently got that done and my v8 4runner in the shop and the frame pulled for repair. I have friends, kind of, there's one girl I've known for forever and she's just a couple minutes down the road. They stay crazy busy with 4H, homeschool co-op, and about 100 other things. Any male friends my age have always been at least a hour away. Haven't properly hung out with friends since last fall. Any of you with kids make sure they see friends somewhat regularly. I've got a somewhat part time under the radar job because Illinois says I'm just a incompetent teenager and it would be unsafe to pay me to use a drill. Well that's about it. Hopefully things will be better once I have my drivers license.

Welcome. Pay attention, don’t speak (type) too soon, and don’t assume. You’ll get along just fine.

It sounds like you have a good work ethic and curiosity for things mechanical. This is a good place to learn some stuff.