Monday, August 11, 2008

Homeschooling Song

I received this on one of my homeschooling boards and thought I'd share :)

I Will Survive (the first year of homeschooling) *Or* any year
homeschooling.
Originally written and produced by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
Originally performed by Gloria Gaynor
Mercilessly altered with apologies by Natalie Criss

First I was afraid
I was petrified.
Kept thinking I could never teach
´Cause I´m not certified.
But we spent so many nights
Reteaching homework that was wrong.
I grew strong,
so now I teach my kids at home!
We study math
and outer space.
I just kept on despite the fear
with a big smile across my face.
I bought a set of Base Ten blocks.
I bought books with answer keys.
My parents think we´re nuts,
but they don´t even bother me

Come on, let´s go walk out the door.
We´re on the road now,
'cause we´re not home much anymore
My friends would laugh and say we´d be unsocialized.
I heard one mumble
that I´d give up by July.
Oh no, not I!
I will survive!
As long as I know how to read
I know we´ll be alright.
I've got all my life to learn.
I've got energy to burn.
and I'll survive.
I will survive.

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart.
Decided to attend
a play date at the local park,
and I met oh so many moms
who offered eagerly t o help.
They used to cry.
Now they hold their heads up high,
and so do we!
My kids are cool!
They´re not those chained up little people
stuck inside at school.
So if you feel like dropping by
and just expect us to be free
you´d better call ahead first
´cause we´re probably busy!

3 comments:

Karen said...

I love it, and completely identified with that song! My poor chained up kids :-).

Kevin Stenhouse said...

OK, I have to confess that I found it hard to read the lyrics without keeping the beat, so I finally gave up and sang it out loud - my co-workers laughed!

Sheila said...

That is so funny! And I'm with Kevin. I had to sing it out loud. But it is awesome!

I'm going to go sing it to my kids.

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