Kelly and Christian got off to a good start in their school yesterday. As always, there were a few hiccups. The Rosetta Stone French program did not get completely installed, Christian spent several hours doing Geometry corrections from last spring, and so on. But, when I got home last night, there was a very good level of enthusiasm for the new program. I think we did fairly well this year calibrating how much to put on their plates. Still, I am sure we will have to make some corrections as we go along. One very good surprise was that Kelly LOVED here new humanities/history reading program. She actually wants more reading so, on her own suggestion, we are going to go to the library every other Saturday to pick up some classic literature.
After the bible study last night, Kelly and I got to talking about what she might do in college. It is still pretty early to be trying to decide what she will do for the rest of her life, but it is fun to speculate. The one thing we have figured out is that she wants to do a hard science undergraduate degree in something like math or statistics with the idea that she will study as broad a range of things like history, sociology, and philosophy as she can with the electives she has available. That way, she will be able to make a more informed decision about what direction she wants to take when she gets to graduate school. We all love the start of the school year when these topics are particularly exciting to discuss!