The first week back to homeschool. One week down, 31 more to go. Week increments don't sound so bad. Like marathons... just 26 miles. Week 1. The bad news is that we had tears every day. The good news: they weren't mine. I'm reading The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, in which …
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Running. Literal Running. As Opposed to the Usual Figurative Running.
Running the zoo race today, my first 5K. My goal is to keep up with Gabriel. This has me thinking of the goals and benchmarks we set up for ourselves. It is good to have extrinsic motivators. I like to use them for academic purposes too. Things like spelling bees or speech events-- any platform will serve …
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The Prince and the Pupil
Were I a sailboat I'd presently be foundering on the homeschool doldrums. By chance I also happen to be reading The Prince by Machiavelli, a sort of rule book for tyrants. Machiavelli writes, "Men ought either to be well-treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot." So is it …
Homeschool Blues
Oh, Despicable Me! My minions were reeling at the injustice of having to do school on MLK day. Nevermind the fact that we have off on gazillions of other days when "the rest of the world" is in school.
KL Griffiths 