Open mind, Open heart.

With the new school year started here in September, my schedule is been very busy too. Not to mentioned that one of our girl is still being home schooled. She loves being home school-ed ,in fact she told me : Can I be home school-ed until high school? And my reaction was : WHAT???

Jokes aside, it's not always been easy. I admit that. But we love the flexibility of home schooling,  I think if she ever go to regular school, that what we will miss the most. :FLEXIBILITY and the opportunity for her to be her self , to express her self  without being force into the stereo type of what girls her age should behave and should do.

My second girl is still going to local bi-lingual school. Her Mandarin level is very impressive I must say. My 2 girls socialization skills is great too. They can just make friends in a snap. So that is another example to burst the myth : HS kid will have social problem. Well not in Indy's case. I think the more she grow , the more she amazed me with her ability to make friends , to care about other or even to start conversation. I think someone ability to socialize has nothing to do with how she is educated, it's more from her personality .

She is joining the Girl Scouts this year. And I will co-lead with other parents as volunteer. We are both super excited for this. Since she is homeschool, we must join the troop that is under other private school. There are 6 girls including herself. And all of them , of course, come from the same school and know each other. I was worry at first that Indy will not fit in or will be ignored. But to my amazement, in a matter of minutes , the 6 of them are playing like best friends, laughing at Indy's silly jokes, and running around. 2 of the girls are still shy when they need to introduce themselves . Some are so shy that the mother need to stand up next to them to help them speak. But Indy, she just stood up and say : Hi everyone, I am Indy, I am 8, I am homeschooled, and that is my mom over there. , and my naughty lil sister over there. And my b'day is coming soon!
I mean she didn't make an " outstanding" speech but I admire her confident and to be able to do simple public speaking. I think that is was I, my self, lacked of as a student. I didn't have that much of opportunity to do public speaking in front of the class. Our old style system was still, teacher talk, student must be silent and listening  ( ermm in most cases :  teacher talk, student daydreaming ^_^)



So speaking of girl scouts I think she will have wonderful time . As the GS encourage the activities to be girls lead. Not leader lead. The leader will guide them but not telling them what to do. Leader will help them in a way but the last decision is on their hands.

This is my first time to volunteer, I respect and admire other mom volunteers, and I am glad to be part of them too. I still have lots of things to learn, a lot of question to ask, a lot of mistakes to be make. But I come with open heart, open mind, and I checked out my ego at the door. I come to see and learn and try my best. To push my own boundaries :)

The Girl Scout Law

On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country

To help people at all times

And to live by the Girl Scout Law

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The Girl Scout Law

I will do my best to be honest and fair

,friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, 

courageous and strong

and responsible for what I say and do.

And to respect my self and others, respect authority

use resources wisely

make the world a better place

and to be a sister to every Girl Scout.