In long term planning I had hoped Charry would be ready for college this year but she is too sensible for that. She was content to spend another year as a high schooler and enjoy having a small load of only electives. Of corse her electives are Speech, Computer Science, Geography, Economics, and Calculus so not exactly easy classes. Then she got inspired. She decided she wanted to learn sign language. At first it was simply a next year plan. But then we heard about a homeschool to college program at our local community college. The program allows homeschooler to take one class at a discounted rate. So she applied, but unfortunately missed the deadline by a single day. We discussed it and decided to continue the application process for next term. Then the timeline was shifted. She got a call Friday from the college that if she could get the placement testing done by Monday she could still start this term.
So here we are on her birthday, she’s taking a 3 hour test and I’m writing a blog post. Depending on how she does we may still need to wait until winter. Still seeing Charry taking the initiative and working towards a goal makes me proud as a mom. And having her decide what to work towards on her own makes me proud as her teacher.
Fingers crossed I’ll have a good update soon.
