When I am not teaching our three children at home, I sometimes teach adult learners, helping them “blow the dust off,” shall we say, of academic concepts and skills long lost and forgotten. Not too long ago, at the end of an entry-level course, I asked the students to assemble into small groups and answer […]
Senior Year: Rigorous or Relaxed?
There is an amusing wall photo traveling the Facebook circuit right now regarding homeschools. You’ve probably seen it, but the bottom line, so to speak, of the photo is that what actually happens in most homeschools is very different than the perception of outsiders–the neighbors, the government, public school friends, professional teachers, etc. Indeed, I talked […]