Grading Day

Today is grading day.  The end of the semester is this week, so grades are due.  I have been procrastinating this for weeks!  I find it difficult to grade Rebecca for several reasons.  I am hard on her.  When I first started homeschool,  decided to go through a public charter school, and learned that I would be grading her I thought it was a joke.  Of course she would be getting straight A's!  Well, as it turns out, I am not that kind of parent/teacher.  I know exactly what she knows and what she doesn't know.  The grades I give her reflect it.  But at times I think I look at the criteria too literally.  It's not an easy job to rate someones academic performance!  I stared at her blank report card for a long time before jumping in.  I changed my mind several times.  There are scratched out numbers and notes all over that piece of paper.  But in the end, I think it accurately shows where Rebecca's strengths and weaknesses lay.  I question my decision about homeschooling every now and then.  Report card period is one of those times.  But in my heart, I know that Rebecca would not be getting this kind of education in a site-based program.  I get outside help when she needs it.  I change the curriculum based on how it works (or doesn't work) for her.  I am providing her with an extremely appropriate and integrated education suited to her learning style.  I may not know exactly what I am doing, but I do my best.