Some of my family’s favorite books are ‘Farmer Boy’ and ‘Little Britches’. In both of these books the main character is a boy living on a farm or ranch. Something that always strikes me in these books is the school schedule for these boys. Like most rural boys before the 1930s, these boys attend school […]
Today is the 5th Monday of the month. These are the odd weeks. The shifting week. Starting with one month and ending with another, you never know quite which month you are supposed to act in. Which month’s goals do you focus on? Which month’s bills do you pay? This is the week that I
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Does your study of latin help you understand math? There are few things in the world as lovely as being in the presence of a latin student when they hear a new word. When I ask my latin students what a percent is, they immediately respond that it is part of a hundred. How did
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Do you know what makes the Pythagorean Theorem genius? Any student of geometry knows the Pythagorean Theorem. We’ve all chanted, calculated, and struggled through the concept that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. Do you know why this makes
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We teach for mastery. Either you know the material or you don’t, which means that cramming for a test doesn’t really happen in our home school. Even preparing extensively for the ACT, SAT, or CLT seems like too much to me. Practicing a few tests to familiarize yourself with the format and what’s expected is completely understandable, but
