September 30, 2007 – 12:50 pm
English literary tradition has produces a number of great works with which we should all be familiar. Schools are doing a good thing when their required reading list includes such works as Of Mice and Men, Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, and, as much as I despised reading it, maybe even Jane Eyre.
But [...]
September 29, 2007 – 4:35 am
In Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, I found an interesting passage which echoes some of my own thoughts on our culture.
Excessive fear can transform a person and modify behavior permanently; it can change the very structure of the brain. The same can happen to a whole culture. What will it [...]
September 28, 2007 – 5:19 am
First off, for those of you who have been checking my blog about our Australian history study, I thank you for your patience. And I have finally updated it with the next chapter of Australia’s history: the convicts. The accompanying video is excellent, but worth pre-screening.
We have been taking advantage of the [...]
September 27, 2007 – 6:13 am
Affluence is supposed to equal education, right? After all, parents all over the country scrimp and save to purchase houses above their means, believing that access to education depends on zip code. An interesting study out challenges that perception.
Marin County, CA, for example, has the highest per capita income of any zip code [...]
September 26, 2007 – 4:14 am
Jen over at Follow my Whimsy responds to a little homeschool outrage over an article posted on the NEA’s website. I was actually surprised this particular article was making any stir at all anymore seeing as it is pretty old. I do not remember when I first read it, but the first reference [...]
September 25, 2007 – 4:01 am
In name anyway. Because the name is too tied to Bush and Bush is unpopular. (Those were Representative George Miller’s, D-CA, words, not mine.)
So in all of the debate that has supposedly been surrounding NCLB this year as it comes up for reauthorization, all that we were really able to accomplish was a [...]
September 24, 2007 – 3:17 am
At least the bearer of this shirt has mastered her school’s most fundamental principle:
so·cial·izeplay_w(”S0525600″)
v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To place under government or group ownership or control.
2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable.
3. To convert or adapt to the needs of society.
v.intr.
To take part in social activities.
I’ll [...]
September 24, 2007 – 3:06 am
I am working on an article about involving fathers in the homeschool who are not around as much as they might like. If any of you have personal experience with this situation, I would love to talk to you a little about it. Please email me at gottsegnetATyahooDOTcom!
The All Women Blogging Carnival is [...]
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