Monday, March 31, 2014

Homeschooling and software development

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Three weeks ago I joined a new company.  I am a software engineer and build tools to check the quality of databases.  I have been assigned t...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Please remember to send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling

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Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling, which will be held at  momSCHOOL . This will ...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

I took the AP US History test before it became a brain-washing session

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This is sad: New Advanced Placement Framework Distorts America’s History : ---------- A dramatic, unilateral change is taking place in th...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Every 25-Year-Old In America Should See This Chart

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I think every child should see this:   Every 25-Year-Old In America Should See This Chart . Hat tip: Instapundit

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up - The Learning Lifestyle, Reading, and News edition

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Janice is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling at  Janice Campbell  Taking Time For Things That Matter . We have a great ro...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Homeschooling in the age of Common Core

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My local school district is one of the many who have jumped on the Common Core band wagon in the hopes of securing money from the federal go...
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I like this thought

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Recently posted on Facebook: Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our hear rather than a piece of our mind.

Life Humor 2.R

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From the  Henry Cate Life Humor collection : Life Humor 2.R was originally posted 18 February 1988 ---------- "We trained hard, but ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

college statistics

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Here's a few statistics I found interesting: One in four college students has an STD 44% of students attending 4-year colleges drin...

Please remember to send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling

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Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling, which will be held at  Janice Campbell  Takin...

Life Humor 2.Q

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From the  Henry Cate Life Humor collection : Life Humor 2.Q was originally posted 8 February 1988 ----------      Fred noticed his roomm...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Being good at one thing doesn't mean you will be good at something else

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Often I'm bemused by people who are experts in one field and then will pontificate on all kinds of subjects.  Sometimes I'll know th...

We never really had winter

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From Dan Galvin's  Thought For The Day  mailing list: The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The ...

Best and Worst earning college degrees.

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I stumbled across these news articles this morning. The 13 Worst-Paying College Majors: PayScale List and The 13 Best-Paying College M...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

A great benefit to having principles

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Tiffany Holley    posted this on Facebook: When you base your life on principles, most of your decisions are already made before you enco...

We may be starting a new family tradition

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A friend of ours suggested that as a family we read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.  So about two months ago I bo...

Blogger reports we've crossed a milestone

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According to Blogger we have 6000 posts on our blog.  This is the 6001st.  I sort of doubt we'll make another 6000 posts, but we'll ...

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up - The Still Winter Edition

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Lisa is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling  at Golden Grasses .  She starts the carnival with: ---------- It's been a ...

Life Humor 2.P

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From the  Henry Cate Life Humor collection : Life Humor 2.P was originally posted 1 February 1988 ---------- Last week at Carnegie Mello...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

I have read 24 books from this list

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BBC Believes You Only Read 6 of These Books... has a list of 100 good books to read.  I've read at least 24.  There are 2 which I think...
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Some of our best posts from March 2009

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Janine and I have been blogging about homeschooling for almost eight years. If you missed some of our early posts, you have missed some of o...
Monday, March 17, 2014

How to learn any language in six months

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My brother-in-law posted a link on Facebook to: How to learn any language in six months: Chris Lonsdale at TEDxLingnanUniversity : I th...

University essay from a homeschooler

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Our daughter was recently accepted to a University with a high standard.  We weren't sure she would make it.  Two weeks ago she got the ...
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Fight The New Drug

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This weekend Janine and I went to two meetings featuring a speaker from Fight The New Drug . The speaker made three main points: Pornogr...

A good thought

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A friend posted this on Facebook yesterday: Life is too short to argue and fight with the past.  Count your blessings, value your love one...