My children are currently taking a semester long poetry course. In this course they are exploring the different types of poems, the history of these types, and practicing the types. I remember in high school having a literature course which spent a few weeks exploring poetry. I hated it. I didn’t understand how to write […]
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It’s February. Which means that we are or soon may be fighting off the winter doldrums. Part of the struggle with the doldrums is a sense of purposelessness. The temptation is to ask questions like: Why are we studying these polynomials anyway? Who needs to learn about matrices? When even am I going to use
I shared last week that our focus in our family isn’t on career aptitude. We don’t help our children choose a career at age 12 and then custom steer their high school years for that specific job. I find this ironically funny and entertaining because it’s something that I wish my own public education would
I have a confession. As an older parent, I find myself becoming, what my oldest son would call, lenient. This digression was something I disliked in my own parents. Instead of rectifying my behavior though, I’ve found myself analyzing the change and seeking to understand what’s happening. My confession is this: I’m mostly okay with
