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Tag: North Carolina Art Museum

Dallas Museum of Art

2016-03-20-DMA-MonetLorena, Kelly, Christian and I all went to the  Dallas Museum of Art. It is wildly impressive. The picture with this blog post is of me with an original Claude Monet. There were Pissarros, Manets, Gaugins and much, much more. It was at least as good as the North Carolina Museum of Art and we truly love the North Carolina Museum of Art. We have just touched the tip of the iceberg in Dallas and are looking forward to much, much more.

Betty Blonde #498 – 07/14/2010
Betty Blonde #498
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Another homeschool story: Starting after elementary school in Texas

Day 721 of 1000

Homeschool friends from Texas at the Hill Library (NCSU)Kelly came back from her internship at the Johns Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory just in time for a visit from the Larsons. They are dear homeschooling friends from Texas. Age-wise, the twin boys fall right between Christian and Kelly. That have gotten along famously since late elementary school. We spent a great weekend with them visiting the NCSU Hill Library and the North Carolina Museum or Art, playing games, talking, playing music, going to church, and generally just hanging out together.  The Larson’s are great musicians–voice, violin/fiddle, accordian, piano–really they are amazing.

At any rate, it got me to thinking about the Larson’s homeschool trajectory.  It was a little different than our trajectory due to the normal reasons:  differing interests (medicine, law, and business rather than engineering and math), amazing music skills, access to great Texas homeschool resources, differing teaching styles and curricula, etc.  Still, the spirit of their homeschool was more similar to ours than just about any we have seen.  They put worldview above other academic subjects, skipped two years of high school to put their kids into the community college, focused on hard science and math, but backfilled with music, international travel, language, hunting, and community service.

Some of the things they did much better than us include their participation in things like youth symphony, youth court (as lawyers and judges), EMT training, medical research, and I am sure there are others.  It is great to see these boys prosper in ways that would not have been possible in a government or private school setting, but what we admire the most is their humility and the joy they derive from the path they have chosen as a family.

The North Carolina Art Museum Rembrandt Exhibit

Day 96 of 1000

Gladys, Lorena, and I went to the Rembrandt exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art (Hat tip:  Andrew).  I do not have time to go into any detail.  Just suffice it to say it was AWESOME and we highly recommend the audio tour.  Rembrandt was an absolute genius and we are thankful for having had the chance to see this once in a lifetime exhibit.

Rembrandt exhibit at NC Art Museum

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