Somedays are good and somedays are.....

So I've started this post about three times now and have scrapped each entry.  It's a dreary day today and I am feeling the same way.  Our day has not been great.  Matthew seems to be feeling a little under the weather and that has made for a very rough educational day.  It's times like these when I question what I am doing and how effective I am.  It is understandable that rough days at home are not at all what they would be in a public school setting.  Having a meltdown in front of your mom is much safer than doing so in front of an entire class.  It also occurs to me that at times I push hard for an answer and that in return pushes his buttons which NEVER ends well.  My expectations for Matthew are simple.  He has to focus for the 2 1/2 hours before he goes to chorus so we can make it through our core subjects.  After chorus, he has time to catch up on whatever he didn't finish or he goes to robotics.  No video games before 3:00 because that is when our school day is officially finished.   Simple in my opinion but some days it just doesn't work.  Today is one of those days.  Thankfully, tomorrow is a new day and we will start fresh!