pandemic

The Antidote for 2020’s Worst Contagion

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“If you’ve gots the poison, I’ve gots the remedy…” –Jason Mraz, “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)”

I’m not a glass half-full type of gal. I’m never really sure which is even supposed to be the positive expression (half full or half empty—aren’t there positive and negative connotations in both sayings??).  I always say I’m a realist—neither Pollyanna nor Eeyore.

But no matter your outlook, I think we can agree: 2020 has been a rough year. It’s been hard on everyone and disastrous for many.

Q & A’s

So is there a right way to look at this less-than-stellar year? And even if we don’t yet have a vaccine for the dreaded virus, is there an antidote for the woes of 2020?

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We don’t need NO education–some thoughts on homeschooling for perplexed parents in a pandemic: PART 2

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I started writing some thoughts on homeschooling for parents who are considering it as an option and discovered that I had much more to say than even weird homeschool types would like to read in one sitting. So I’ve divided it into a two-parter. Read PART 1 here.

In this second installment, I’ll cover the following points: 6) the learning gap in public education, 7) why you ARE qualified to teach your children, 8) why homeschooling encourages higher order thinking, 9) assessment in homeschooling, and the one you’ve been waiting for… 10) the answers to all your burning questions about SOCIALIZATION.

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We don’t need NO education–is homeschooling a suitable option? Part 1

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Some thoughts on homeschooling for perplexed parents in a pandemic

I started writing this blog post and discovered that I had much more to say than even weird homeschool types would like to read in one sitting, so I’ve divided it into a two-parter. In this one, I’ll cover 1) the difference in doing school at home and actually homeschooling, 2) freedoms afforded to homeschoolers, 3) the importance of treasuring those freedoms, 4) the fact that it’s NOT easy…and 5) after 14 years, I still believe it’s worth it.

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The End of the World as We Know It?

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A little over four weeks into staying at home for the greater good of stemming the spread of COVID-19, some of us may find ourselves wondering if this is one of those times that the world irreversibly changes. The wisdom of Solomon tells us there is nothing new under the sun…  and that is certainly true. In fact, the older I get and the more I learn about many of the horrors of history, that truth is continually reinforced. History does periodically repeat itself, so in that sense, what’s new to us is not something new “under the sun.” 

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