“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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College prep?
This post is a little insight to how my mind works, so this is your chance to turn away. I saw these three things at about the same time: Mike Rowe has a new initiative called Profoundly Disconnected that is part of his continuing effort to encourage work in general and the trades specifically. It’s […]
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Your brain is a muscle
Michelle Ray, AKA Galtsgirl, shared this interesting article on the key to math achievement. There’s some great stuff there, even if I’m not sure I agree with their “be more Japanese!” approach. Simply put, too many people have a mistaken belief that intelligence is genetic. Culturally, we’ve adopted “You are as smart as you’ll ever […]
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Failed analogy
On our way to church yesterday, Bulldozer was reading through his memory verse with quite a bit of help. This led to a comment from Satchmo about how reading is too hard. Seizing this teachable moment, I talk about how reading is the key that unlocks all the stories. Just like it was hard for […]
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Common Core and equality
(This post contains affiliated links.) A lot has been said about Common Core, from the problems with the standards themselves to the dangers of data mining. While it doesn’t directly affect homeschool students, the data collection and shifting standardized tests to common core standards will probably have some impact on homeschoolers. For me, one of the […]
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Back to school, legally!
Or back to whatever it is we call this thing. “Back to more structured educational schedule, with less lounging about?” Today, my Washington Times Communities article is on educators and educational fair use of copyrighted material. And homeschooler, if you think this doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong. Listen, you might think our intellectual property rights […]
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Do you think they’ll take a coupon for that?
Today in my Washington Times Community Pages column I talk about higher education inflation: the whys, wherefores, and what nexts: Midway through July, stores are already filled with back to school supplies and some fantastic deals. For college students, there will be bargain shopping for new laptops and extra-long sheets, but unfortunately, a good deal […]
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The problem with the factory setting
We are the brand of homeschoolers that have permanently rejected the public school model. There are homeschoolers who prefer homeschooling to public schools, but make their educational choices year by year. For a variety of reasons and a couple of big ones, we’ve ruled out public education entirely for our family. I have two big […]
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A Philosophy of Education
I’m at a youth retreat with my daughter, and I’m posting this from my phone. Isn’t technology great? Anyway, you’re getting meat, not fluff, but it isn’t my meat. I’m reading Charlotte Mason’s Original Homeschooling Series Volume 6:Towards A Philosophy of Education, and I’m pretty sure I’ll end up highlighting the whole book before I’m […]
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Missing the point
Jon Acuff is a big encourager. That’s what he does professionally. He writes and speaks on how to dream big and accomplish your goals. It’s pretty cool. One way to encourage people is through stories and analogies. Like this one. Did you read it? It’s a great story to illustrated a point: set crazy, outside […]
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