Today I had an appointment at the bank to open an ISA, so dragged the boy along with me, as everything in life can be turned into a learning experience:

 He found a newspaper to read, so got himself up to date on the latest news and pointed out articles of interest to me while we were waiting.  The advisor asked the dreaded question:  'which school do you go to?' to George, to which we replied that he is home educated.  She then asked whether it was true that it was law to dedicate 4 hours daily to teaching a child at home.  It is nice sometimes to talk to someone who is open to home education, and have the opportunity to dispel the myths that they may have heard.  She was worried about her son going up to senior school and the effect it would have on him.  I hope that from talking to me, she might give home education some more thought and at least know that it is a viable option should senior school not turn out well for her son.


This afternoon we are going to watch a b movie, The Blob, from the 1950's, with Steve McQueen in it :-)  George has been telling me what to expect from it because he has seen trailers for it before.  Then we are off to do some more socialising (I know, very naughty of me indeed!) with my friend and her son, and that means that George will be off down the park to 'hang out', one of his favourite pastimes :-)