What's in a name?

The diploma came in the mail today and it is official- the name has been gold embossed- we are Mainland High School. It is beautiful and a work of art- very worthy of our son.

It does seem a tad bizarre to have a name for what we do around here.

It never occurred to me to name our homeschool. Even using the term our homeschool seems a bit strange. Sure the kids are educated at home and according to the state of Texas we are a private school but it seems weird to let it have it's own separate identity. So much of what we do is just part of life as a family....there aren't many clear demarcations between "school" and just hanging out with the kids. After all, our kitchen isn't " The Family Diner"- it's just our kitchen. Why should our homeschool be any different?

High school proved to be a bit different. I got more organized with record keeping ( not that anybody cared to look at any of that information) and we got more organized with our studies ( not that, that proved to be necessary) and we created a transcript ( that wasn't as important as I thought). The diploma represents all the extra work that we did these past 4 years in regards to paperwork and it satisifies a need for closure for family. I'm not sure if it really means anything else..... Are the kids going to stop learning just because they graduated? Of course not. Even if they were to never step foot in a college or any type of school they won't stop learning. It something we just do....like breathing.... like living.

So we shall remain unnamed until the diploma arrives for each child.