Just stumbled onto this thread over at Lucianne.com. The comments are quite interesting.
Two of my favorites:
A BA in sociology (Where you study poor people for four years then become one.)
Senior year is a waste of time. Like Newt Gingrich pointed out, it’s just a government subsidized social dating program.
What do you think?
(Note: comment threads at L.com disappear after 48 hours, so don’t wait too long to check this out.)
When we lived in Illinois (i.e. near relatives), we often had Thanksgiving dinner at our house. I know it’s not a big deal—after all, someone has to do it—but when you have several children who do not leave the house to go to school each day, it’s not that simple. And if you prefer that pretty much everything be homemade, like I do, it becomes a project.
Women who work full-time can take personal time off to do the shopping and cooking before the relatives arrive, and even most stay-at-home moms send their kids off to school each day, so they can shop and cook in peace.
But those of us who homeschool have to accept that we can make Thanksgiving dinner, but it will take a fair amount of planning. One good thing about all of this is that we do have children to help us. The older they are, the more help they can be.
It looks like this year, there will be only six of us at our house for Thanksgiving dinner. My daughter and her boyfriend plan to come up our way, while our son and his wife (ten hours from here) will be with her folks, who live in the same city. I have to admit that I do miss the old days, crazy as it got sometimes, when all of our kids lived at home and I had a big family Thanksgiving to prepare.
Back when I was in the midst of the fray, lol, I set up a plan so I could manage all the work involved in getting ready for Thanksgiving. You’ll find the details in the feature article of this month’s “Imperfect Homeschooler” newsletter. It’s called “A Simple Homeschool Thanksgiving.”
(You’ll find the November issue here. Get your free subscription here.)
It’s Sunday, the day of rest. What better time to chill out with a cup of something sweet and warm (tea or hot chocolate, maybe?) and enjoy the latest Carnival of Homeschooling, hosted by the Cates? And don’t miss the adorable photo at the end of it 🙂
Tomorrow night I’ll be speaking on “Imperfect Homeschooling” at the support group meeting of Green Bay Area Christian Homeschoolers (GBACH). I know a few GBACH members online; hope to meet you in person tomorrow!
Also, those of you who subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse magazine, check out page 72 of the new Fall issue for a familiar face 🙂
One of the joys of homeschooling is watching your kids take the initiative in learning new things. Here are a few fun and interesting sites where homeschooled teens can learn something new:
Wordspy.com keeps track of all the latest phrases entering our collective vocabularies. Those who love words will appreciate new words and phrases such as brickor mortis (slow housing market), adorkable (adorably dorky) and e-fence (the online sales of stolen items), along with others already in regular use such as bridezilla and McMansion.
The ultimate how-to site, Instructables is the place to go to learn to make anything from realistic, reusable latex wounds (just in time for Halloween—ugh!) to a solar thermal water heater for less than $5 (great science project!)
For those who are into the works of Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Insultor will keep you humble.