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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog

Jun 6, 2012
9 min

Smart Kids Being Dumb

If I had it to do all over again, I would never have put them in school. I would have gone straight to online schools once I could no...

Sep 7, 2011
2 min

Today I’m thinking about school – Update

After thinking about it for a while and talking with the school principal to get his take on what the core of the issue might be, I...

Sep 2, 2011
2 min

Today I am thinking about school

Here’s the dilemma I am wrestling with: these are all normal parts of middle school, but are they acceptable? Is my son who is having a...

Jul 28, 2008
4 min

Summer Camp and Peer Socialization

While I’m pleased as punch that he handled himself well with other kids, I am not nearly so pleased with how quickly and (to me)...

Jun 11, 2008
4 min

Gifted in Public

My kids and I took a little trip today to a local cave. It’s a sight seeing sort of place with some cool geology and stalactites and...

Apr 28, 2008
1 min

10 year old boys are right: word problems are evil!

New research seems to back up my decision to drop word problems. Researchers have conducted experiments which showed that students who...

Apr 16, 2008
1 min

African American Homeschoolers

Joanne Jacobs points us to a story in The Village Voice about the growing number of African American homeschoolers. If you can get past...

Apr 15, 2008
1 min

Someone should notify the authorities!

zero tolerance” policy and label her as a sexual harasser post haste. Future colleges and employers have a right to know what kind of...

Apr 9, 2008
1 min

Homeschooling Blahs

Of course, for some reason, this time of year tends to be a bit wearing on me. It’s the interminable wait for spring, I suppose. Any...

Apr 8, 2008
1 min

The Carnival of Homeschooling Is Up!

This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at A Pondering Heart. Thanks to Jocelyn for putting it together. If you have a chance,...

Apr 4, 2008
2 min

There are things I don’t understand

I know that my perspective is different because I do homeschool and it’s for reasons far less pressing than protecting my kids from...

Mar 30, 2008
5 min

Raising Christian Evolutionists

I wrote a post on why parents who teach their children creation science or intelligent design in a way which elevates those teachings to...

Mar 25, 2008
1 min

Did you know that homeschoolers sometimes leave their homes?

I’m still waiting to get my internet back on, so I don’t have time to blog properly about this, but I just wanted to direct everyone’s...

Mar 7, 2008
4 min

The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List

The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List By Deborah Markus, from Secular Homeschooling, Issue #1, Fall 2007 1 Please stop asking us if it’s...

Feb 25, 2008
7 min

Teaching Creation Science or ID? A formula for putting your child’s Christian faith at risk.

In my last post I kind of poked at those who use ridiculous notions of socialization to criticize homeschooling. Today, I’m going to...

Feb 8, 2008
3 min

Christians as a “Creative Minority”

I came across a great quote today from Pope Benedict which presents a way of thinking about living an authentic Christian life in our...

Jan 8, 2008
2 min

There are elves in the fire

I got to do something today which I had once planned on spending much of my life doing, but never really got the chance to do after...

Oct 1, 2006
1 min

The Wall of Taxonomy

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