That's a great thing that you DD said about the cup, Dude! By pure coincidence, DD, who was home today for a district-wide day off, said at the end of her very happy and productive day that she changed her mind about homeschooling. But I think we might aim for her simply not returning after winter break, give us a chance to get organized and it's a natural break. She feels she can cope until then and seemed lightened up.
It's true about the spelling words in the book. At least one word per week she's copied down wrong in her book and still gets a "star", and because of that starts using it that way in sentences etc. We always have stressful discussions about that and I make her look it up in the dictionary, and what is most upsetting to me is that it puts a wedge between us because they're supposed to respect the teacher, it's very important...but why do you have to choose between respect and learning correct things like how words are spelled? It's crazy!
