Laura asked about my last school post: Not that you have to be an expert or anything, but you do have at least one child in college, so perhaps you could answer something for me: How much has what Cohen said about not having to take the typical high school survey courses been superseded by [...]
You know, I said I had requested Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior from the library. But I was mistaken. It was Kevin who requested it from my card. I couldn’t remember where I had heard the book mentioned, so I knew I recognized the title but was puzzled about what context it was [...]
Last night, it seemed like no one was ever going to go to sleep. Some of them were watching the Olympics; Clare and Liam were looking through a Sister Wendy art book; Sean was talking to a friend on the phone, and then even though he went to bed, he couldn’t sleep. Paddy had that [...]
…. for a few days, to visit my parents who live up there. I’m taking Brendan but the rest of the kids will stay home with Kevin. Prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated. I’m a bit torn…. looking forward to seeing my mom and dad who I haven’t seen since last year, but feeling [...]
Sean, 14, saw me typing about college prep for my Catholic classical education e-group and asked “What’s a GPA?” When I explained that it was a numerical average of one’s grades, he asked “What’s mine?” I told him that I didn’t really pay attention to marking grades until high school, so I didn’t really know. [...]
Christine at Thinking Things Through has collected a bunch of planning posts in one place. Also, Owl at Owl Flutter has a nice logbook for lollygaggers. There is a possibility that Sean, may go to school not this year, but next year. At age 14, he is the oldest of my never-schooled kids. The older [...]
Quick catch-up: Our friends left today. Thursday: While Kevin and I drove to TAC to pick up the 3 prospective college students on Thursday, our middle boys stayed with their friends and watched a couple more hours of Liberty. WE got back pretty late — got to see Liam and the 3 young people [...]
We slept in a bit today due to the Daylight Savings Time change yesterday. 9 am I made rolls, started a fire, and some laundry while everyone else got their morning routine done (hmm, looks like the dishwasher isn’t unloaded yet though : (). SEan started his weekly jobs. Looks like Kieron still doesn’t have [...]
Cindy at Applestars asked about how my kids and I managed ownership in the middle years. She writes: At about 11, when my children start to do more formal things, they learn to be in charge themselves . . . by about 13, they are doing well without any oversight or assignments from me . [...]
I just realized that I hardly ever add anything to my lonely “Nature” category. Maybe that’s a hint that I should go outside more often. But in the meantime, perhaps some of the “Rambles” of my daughter will substitute for my lack of effort? The picture above was one of my efforts taken just last [...]
