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Category Archives: Homeschool
Homeschool and why Stepan never asks “How are you doing?”
Day 106 of 1000 (214.1 lbs.) I have talked previously spoken about my buddy Stepan from Russia here and here. Stepan has a family to whom he is very devoted. He is very interested in assuring his two little girls … Continue reading
Lorena, Kelly, and Christian are running in the 8th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge
Lorena, Kelly, and Christian are running in the very demanding 8th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge. I personally have decided not to run because it is so much more demanding to drive the car, eat the leftover donuts, and hold the … Continue reading
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Tagged Krispy Kreme Challenge
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Luke at Sonlight experiences homeschool disconnect in his class
Luke Holzman over at the Sonlight Blog wrote a post about how he learned less about history in his traditional school than he did in homeschool. That experience resonates with us. See here, here, and here. He talked about the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschool
Tagged history, Joy Hakim, Landmark History of the American People, Sonlight, Sonlight Blog
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The REAL state of public education in America
There is an article in The American Thinker (h.t. FreeRepublic) that explains just how bad government schools perform relative to their international peers. A phenomena is described that is one of my pet peeves. It seems like everyone in American … Continue reading
Continued conversation with the kid’s commie teacher
Day 81 of 1000 As many already know, Kelly and Christian take a “writing” class at the community college where the dear leader of the class lectures on the evils of all things Christian, the beauty of communism and atheism, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Education, Homeschool, Politics
Tagged Commie professor, Evolution, Greg Koukl, Paul Johnson, Rodney Stark, William Dembski, Wintery Knight
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Math and Engineering degrees are great even if you want to do something else
Day 80 of 1000 I found a great article in the Wall Street Journal this morning titled Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay. It had some startling statistics: Workers who majored in psychology have median earnings that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Homeschool, Money
Tagged Alex Harris, Amazima, Brett Harris, Do hard things, Katie Davis, Kisses from Katie, Math, Oregon, Patrick Henry College, WSJ
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Dad flies to North Carolina
I am sitting in the airport in Monterrey waiting for my flight to Atlanta. I am going to try to put up some of the wedding pictures we took before I go. Lorena and I Katy y Estefania con Kelly … Continue reading
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Oregon government schools continue to fail while the state tries to further regulate successful homeschools
We just got notice that Oregon is going to try to further regulate the activities of homeschoolers. There were a couple of events that created an interesting backdrop to the our receiving the email that describes the proposed legislation. First, … Continue reading
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Homeschool methods update – Part 3 of 3 – college
This is the last in a short series of three posts we are doing for a friend who is starting to homeschool this year. We have no illusions about our homeschooling method and plans being right for anyone else, but … Continue reading
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Homeschool methods update – Part 2 of 3 – a typical day
This is the second in a short series of three posts we are doing for a friend who is starting to homeschool this year. We have no illusions about our homeschooling method and plans being right for anyone else, but … Continue reading
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Homeschool methods update – Part 1 of 3 – curricula
We have some friends living down in Australia who started homeschooling this year. They asked us to explain a little big about how we go about it. I have not written about how we go about for quite awhile, so … Continue reading
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Homeschool (false) pride
Homeschool day 61 of 180 Government school day 50 of 170 We homeschool because we love to see our children learn those things we value. We pulled them out of government school because they were taught values we did not … Continue reading
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What to say about homeschool: Part 3 – The socialization advantage
Socialization Note: This is by no means intended to be an exhaustive look at this subject matter. Rather, it is a description of why we found homeschool to be a compelling alternative for our children when we considered the issue … Continue reading
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Socialization in public school
I am currently working on a post about socialization in a series of posts about why we have chosen to homeschool our children. There is a great article titled How the Schools Shortchange Our Boys by Gerry Garibaldi in City … Continue reading
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What to say about homeschool: Part 2 – The very small class size advantage
Class Size Note: This is by no means intended to be an exhaustive look at this subject matter. Rather, it is a description of why we found homeschool to be a compelling alternative for our children when we considered the … Continue reading
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What to say to people who rail against your newly made decision to homeschool: Part 1
The biggest obstacles we faced when we decided to homeschool our children were doubts sowed by trusted friends and relatives. Never having homeschooled nor read the plethora of scholarly literature on the subject, some still expressed strong opinions about the … Continue reading
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Busy, but I got some pictures
The reason I really didn’t get anything done last night was because I had to go pick up a machine from Steve Davison to send over to Quality Corners in Idaho yesterday. A picture of the machine and Steve is … Continue reading
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