A few months ago someone asked me for my resume for a volunteer position. I had not worried about a resume since leaving the academic scene to become a stay at home mom almost two decades ago! In fact, I had barely written down my various activities. Obviously, this was going to be a colossal […]
Homeschool Tips
Review: Setting the Records Straight by Lee Binz
Over and over, I see homeschooling families sending their teens to school because they are afraid of destroying their chances for higher education. But you do not have to be afraid to homeschool high school. Ordinary families can be successful and they can get their children into college, sometimes even on scholarships. In Setting the […]
Is There Life after Homeschooling?
Many years ago I talked to a cashier, a former homeschooling mom, whose life fell apart when her teens unexpectedly went to school. For a year, she suffered from depression and was unable to do basic tasks around the house. In fact, it was not until she became a cashier that she began to recover. […]
Delight-Directed Learning, Part 1: Pitfalls
Years ago I heard about Greg Harris’s idea of ‘delight directed learning’. You may know that Greg Harris is the father of Josh Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye) and Brett and Alex Harris (Do Hard Things and The Rebelution youth movement). Obviously something worked for his kids, and it just may be related to how they […]