Ahhh….OK now….ah what was I doing? . . . . . Oh, I remember, I was getting ready to write a post about the brick wall that has hit our home school. No kidding, there we were working diligently on homeschooling and WHAM! -  it jumped right in front of us.

Seriously, five plus years into home educating and this is the first time I’ve felt it would be easier to trudge a mile in waist deep mud than finish assignments or anything for that matter. Brand new experience and I’m not liking it so much. We are all so ready for a break, a long, long as in really, really long. But it seems soooo far away, especially now with that brick wall in the way! Sigh. Bigger sigh.

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It’s time for a reader question – how can I make HomeschoolThroughHighschool more useful for you? This is a question that I plan to begin asking every 6 to 12 months.

Why? Because I want to constantly be improving this blog, making it more effective in helping you with your homeschooling journey. I really want to hear your thoughts, so to help stimulate the discussion, here are some areas you might want to comment on:

• Topics - are there topics (specific or general) you’d like to see covered in the coming months? What are the main issues, challenges, and questions that you’re facing as a homeschooling family? What would you like covered for the remainder of the year?

• Types of Posts – reader questions, tutorials, short tips, guest posts, product reviews, news related to family & homeschoolers…. have your say about what you’d like most/least

• Posting Frequency – too many posts, not enough, just right?

• Design – I still have a lot to learn in this area, but are there any design features or changes that you would like to see?

• Blog Features – what would make your reader experience better?

• Community – Are there features that you’d like added to help you connect more with other HomeschoolThroughHighschool readers?

• Services and Tools – what could HomeschoolThroughHighschool offer you to help you improve, make easier your home education experience?

• What Frustrates You about HomeschoolThroughHighschool? What is Best about it?

• Other Ideas and Feedback – anything goes, big or little.

The ‘Rules’ - Any feedback, suggestions, dreams or ideas that you have are more than welcome! I can’t promise to respond to each comment or put every suggestion into place, but I do promise that I will to read anything & everything you have to say.

All that I ask in return is that you be honest, courteous and constructive with your feedback.

HomeschoolThroughHighschool is a project that I pour a lot of time and effort into – as a result sometimes criticism can be a little difficult to hear. However, hearing your honest thoughts are vital if HTH is to continue to be a valuable resource for homeschoolers wanting to improve their homeschool endeavors.

So…now it’s your turn . Feel free to either leave your feedback in the comments section below or share them privately with me via my Contact Page.

It doesn’t matter if you are [tag-tec]home schooling a high schooler[/tag-tec] or have an eight year old enrolled in public or private school, you are responsible for your child’s education. You & I are responsible for what our children learn, whether at home or in an institutionalized setting. What’s more, the responsibility for education doesn’t stop when the clock hits a magic hour.

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