Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Disadvantages of using School of Distance Education

Asalaamu alaikum,

This will be very quick as I am (as usual) pressed for time. I raved on in my previous entry about how wonderful the school is now read about what isn't so wonderful:

While the school isn't so strict about completing the workbooks, I still feel as though I am under enormous pressure to keep going and doing the activities even when my son isn't really in the mood. It ends up not as fun but as a chore for both of us. (Admittedly this doesn't happen often but there are days when I feel as though we haven't been doing "enough" and I push my son to do maybe too much).

I guess I can see this is really not a fault of the school but a fault with me and my teaching technique. (We just have to finish this unit OR ELSE).
I will have to relax a little bit more and concentrate more on the fun aspect or leave things. Honestly, it's just preschool - I shouldn't be so hard on my child!