Back in August, I announced that we were withdrawing Kennedy from traditional school, and enrolling her in online school.

We were all excited by the change, but we waited, and waited a little longer, until the activities of life settled down. In September, we officially withdrew her and started her in the online courses.

We were excited to start, but starting mid-semester was rough, and it took us several weeks to figure out how this online school stuff worked.

We got into a groove, but over time K admitted that the classes were harder. She missed the ability to just ask her teacher and get an immediate answer without having to wait for a reply. She missed her friends. She missed traditional school.

Not surprisingly this was mere weeks after we started.

I told her we hadn’t given the school a chance, and we would finish out the semester and see where we were.

For a little while we found our groove. Things moved at a good pace, Kennedy’s grades went up finally.

But then I got a new job, and Kennedy still wanted to return to the traditional brick & mortar school.

We talked about it at length. We decided to return her to traditional school.

Though she is unique, and a bit of a freebird, she is also a social butterfly. She missed her friends, and missed the ways of traditional schooling…and, I think, missed the “easier” classes.

And so, Kennedy is back in brick and mortar. She’s doing well, and really glad to be back with her friends. Plus, I don’t have to worry about leaving her at home while I’m at work.

Online schooling didn’t work for us, but I have a good friend it does work for. It was a rally good experiment, if sometimes frustrating. I’m glad we tried.