BC CHEC 2014

This past weekend was pretty awesome. Why? Well, mainly because of the 2014 BC CHEC. If you aren't a homeschooler, it's pretty likely that you don't know what it is... Unless you attend HCS of course. But to explain, BC CHEC stands for British Columbia Christian Home Educators Convention. Now you see why we call it CHEC.

Anyway, the convention is pretty much like any other convention -- speakers, vendors etc. But this one is just a little bit better, for a few reasons.

1. It's a homeschool convention -- most moms will be coming home with books for next year and ideas for courses which is always really exciting. 
2. Basically all the teachers associated with the school are there so I got to meet quite a few of my teachers. That was awesome!!
3. A lot of my friends through the school were there - we all got to meet in real life! 

Most of the youth whose parents were attending the convention go to the Youth Camp at Maple Springs Bible Camp. I had mixed feelings about that. I was going to volunteer as a leader, but I had a scheduling conflict so I attended for one day. It was... an experience. It was a great idea, a solid start to something potentially spectacular for the kids attending. I'd have to say that my experience was less than spectacular. The camp wasn't well organized and the leaders didn't have much control over the kids -- especially the younger ones. (Grade 6+) Quite a few times the maturity level was way down there... 

But I do have to say that the best part was getting to meet and hang out with all my friends. It was so awesome to put a face to the name and have real conversations. 

Well, that's all for now! This coming weekend is the big dance show (Details upon request), I'll probably have a post on that!