Ugh. I need a nice, stormy weather day. There’s something about curling up inside the house with a blanket and a good book while the weather rages that restores me. I think the sun fuels a sense of urgency that things Need To Be Done, only my brain is in such a fog that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘high school’
Wednesday Already?
Posted in General, tagged Apologia, high school, music appreciation, Outdoor Hour, schedule, science on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Can you hear the lady laughing hysterically in the background?
Posted in Austin, Princess, tagged high school, schedule, teens, WKU dual-credit on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
That would be ME. Got an email yesterday announcing that our local university is going to offer two dual-enrollment classes online this semester! This is really big news – in the past dual-enrollment was only offered IN the public high schools and wasn’t available to home educators. We will save $745 for every three credit [...]
Basic Science for the Creatively Challenged
Posted in Austin, Flower Child, Princess, tagged Apologia, Cartoon Guides, Charlotte Mason, chemistry, high school, physical science, physics, science on Saturday, 7 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After doing a little research, I’ve discovered that Austin only needs three years of science but only one with lab. That does take a little of the pressure off of me so I’ve decided to try something different – more out there – for science this year for both teens. At graduation, Austin will have [...]
Reinventing the Wheel
Posted in Flower Child, tagged 2010-2011, high school, schedule, SL Core 1, SL Core 2, SL Core 200, SL Core 300, SL Core 400, SL Core 6, SL Core 7, Sonlight on Saturday, 3 July 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m reinventing the wheel again with this World History planning. I conversely enjoy it one minute while I’m tearing my hair out the next and I’m starting to wonder if this is a personality flaw. Truthfully, I’ve always enjoyed doing things my own way. At the same time I love Sonlight. Or maybe I just [...]
Call me an unschooling drop-out!
Posted in General, tagged basketball, change, Charlotte Mason, Flower Child, high school, learning styles, life school, Princess, schedule, Sonlight, teens, unschooling on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 | 1 Comment »
Interestingly, Sharon Astyk blogged about unschooling this week. She does touch on some of the things that were troubling me. I still like many of the ideas about unschooling, but it just doesn’t ‘feel’ right in our home school. Maybe it’s about me and my control issues and maybe that’s not a bad thing. I [...]
In the home stretch
Posted in General, tagged Austin, high school, life school, SL Core 400, teens, unschooling on Monday, 29 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe that I’m now planning the final ‘year’ of school for my oldest. Time sure has flown since that day way back when he cried for hours because he thought we were ruining his life. Amazingly, it’s been a much more difficult task to plan for a high school senior. The school [...]
Balance ~ Real Life
Posted in General, tagged high school, life school on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Blah. Read about one of those overly acadmic families that make me want to puke. Does balance even exist in our culture any more? Am I doing my kids a disservice by teaching them to keep school, sports, social life, church, and home in equal perspective? Sometimes I think I should give up. It was [...]
Home, at last!
Posted in General, tagged basketball, high school, life school, schedule on Monday, 14 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First day back after our two week trip to visit family in Illinois. I’m sitting at the computer pondering whether I should make coffee or go snooze for another 20 minutes or so. There is a load of laundry ready to fold, too. And school planning…. argh. Back in July, I scheduled the month of [...]
At last!
Posted in General, tagged high school, SL Core 300, teens, writing on Friday, 31 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Austin finally finished his decade summary paper for the 1950s. Just in time… School starts on Monday! It is the best paper he’s written to date. Praying he keeps up this caliber of work for the remainder of Core 300!
COLLEGE EDUCATION: 'More Options' are Meaningless!
Posted in General, tagged college, high school, life, life school, sage advice, teens on Friday, 8 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okay. I need to scream. That’s what blogs are for, right? There is a rather heated conversation on the Parenting forums at Sonlight. Over and over and over again, people are saying “My kids MUST go to college because they’ll have <get ready><here it comes> MORE OPTIONS.” HELLO PEOPLE! More options mean nothing. Zero. Zilch. [...]
Coach indicted: He shouldn’t have been the first!
Posted in Homefront, tagged culture, high school, school responsibility, sports on Saturday, 24 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why does it always have to come down to a lawsuit? It is about time that coaches place more value on their players lives than on winning games. Fallout from Stinson indictment could impact coaches across the nation Football coaches pushing kids to practice in 90+ degree weather in full gear. Soccer coaches who won’t [...]
My new heros!
Posted in Homefront, Micah 6:8, tagged high school, humility, sports on Friday, 23 January 2009 | 1 Comment »
I should have added this to the last post, but it got way too long! Statement Regarding Dallas Academy Game 1/22/2009 The Covenant School, its board and administrators, regrets the incident of January 13 and the outcome of the game with the Dallas Academy Varsity Girls Basketball team. It is shameful and an embarrassment that [...]
Christian Sportsmanship and Entitlement Mentality
Posted in Faith & Culture, tagged Christian witness, entitlement mentality, high school, Merrill Lynch, sports, Wall Street on Friday, 23 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sportsmanship and redemption We live in a culture in which winning is everything. It’s easy for most of us to get caught up in the spirit of victory, even to the point of sadism (how is it, exactly, that parents of kids who go to a Christian school end up whooping and hollering as their [...]
Finding the New Normal for 2009
Posted in General, tagged Charlotte Mason, Flower Child, high school, Lifepacs, nature study, Outdoor Hour, schedule on Monday, 19 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, there are a LOT of ‘new normals’ at our house. I honestly don’t know if we are the insane minority in the world of home education or if everyone else is like this and just doesn’t talk about it. Goals have been discussed. Lessons have been planned. Books have been burned set aside for [...]
Nostalgic
Posted in General, tagged graduation, high school on Thursday, 21 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love to spend time on the Sonlight forums. Okay, to be perfectly honest, I spend way too much time on the Sonlight forums. It’s back-to-school time and in the homeschool world that means new folks, many who have pulled their dc out of public school for the first time. I love listening to their [...]
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