Have you read Seth Godin's manifesto about education? What are your thoughts? I'm finding there are a lot of things in there that us teachers were...
I have a new book coming out in two weeks and am looking for people to review it. It's about our bike journey around the USA and Mexico - we...
I just wrote a fun blog about the lessons I would try and tell myself if I could turn back the hands of time....
A while ago there was a thread on here about how much we spent on food each month. Some of you ladies had ridiculously low food budgets and...
I just really don't understand why the USA is so messed up - the medical system here is busted wide open. It's crazy. In so many ways I want to...
(Oops - I just realized I posted this in the wrong forum. Mods, feel free to move) I'm hoping some of you ladies will have some suggestions...
Would you ever consider putting your child in a class or two in the public school system if it was something he/she wanted to study? Or would you...
I'm curious about how much our own experiences in school affect our decisions to homeschool. I always hear parents ranting about how horrible...
I am so bummed - this thing is just really getting to me. We spent three years cycling Alaska to Argentina. The main reason for the trip was just...
I wrote up a story for Salon.com!! It's about a night I ended up stranded in Bogota, Colombia without a place to stay - one of the most terrifying...
We are not movie watchers at all - I mean AT ALL! The boys do enjoy movies, but we rarely get around to watching them. I'm thinking of maybe...
I"m fortunate in that my husband is a high school math and science teacher so he can take my kids pretty darn high, but I know most homeschooling...
How much do you spend on homeschooling in addition to the basic stuff that kids would need in public school? We would have to pay for...
I'm at a point where I need to start thinking about high school for my two darlings... And I truly have no idea where to even start. It looks...
I know I haven't been very active here for quite a while - hoping things settle down soon so I can come back and play! Anyway, my blog is...
Hey ladies! I just posted something in the homeschool forum and someone commented on how long it had been since I had shown my face around...
My husband would like to start doing either Algebra 2 or Trig with one of our boys, but we're not sure where to get a book for that. Ideally, we...
We are thinking we'll get an actual textbook for middle school physical science and carry it around with us. Any suggestions? We don't really...
Hi ladies! Gosh - when was the last time I was here? We are now in Manizales, Colombia and are staying in the home of some friends. They have...
OK, so I think I"m fixated on this whole Panama Canal thing... We went to the locks today and it was sooooo cool watching those huge ships go up...
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