You Must Be a Home Educator If....

I saw this on a friends facebook page and couldn't resist posting it here. You Must Be a Home Educator If... You live in a one-house schoolroom. Your walls are covered with maps and timelines instead of decorative framed art. You have mold growing in your fridge…on purpose. Your preschooler can name all the planets, but doesn't know who the Rugrats are. Your house is messy, but your children are happy. All of your wall space is taken up by floor-to-ceiling bookcases and you still have stacks of books that don’t fit on the shelves. You turn a trip to the grocery store into a learning experience. Your kids don’t have to worry that they don’t “fit in.” You are tired of answering the question, “But what about socialization?” You have a standard one-minute speech to give to store clerks, mother-in-laws, and school officials about why you homeschool. For your wedding anniversary, you decide to splurge and get a color laser printer. Talking out loud to yourself is the same as having a parent/teacher conference. You have a 12-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 2-year old in the same class. You take your family vacation in September, when the beaches and theme parks are empty. You take a suitcase full of books along on your family vacation. Your family vacation becomes an extended field trip. You can never find your kitchen utensils because they're out in the sandbox. Your kitchen doubles as a science lab. You are on a first name basis with your local librarian and bookstore owner. You’re always looking up the answers to questions such as “how does that work” or “why does it do that.” You don't get fired for teaching your students about God. The more your kids learn, the less you seem to know.