Memories of Homeschooling, Introduction
Tests end. Books go back on the shelf. Papers slide into boxes and gather dust in a dark corner of the attic. What remains is only what became part of the student.
In the last few months, as we try to scale down our possessions into a smaller location, I've thrown out many old papers and notes. I've emptied old notebooks to make room for new things. A few things I will never throw away. A few more things I cannot.
This will be a series of posts--possibly a long series, the more I think about it, the more it grows--in which I try to assess what is left of my education now that my schooling is done. What ideas, what skills, what lessons from the thousands of days of homeschooling are still a part of me?
In this series, I will ponder what my parents did right and what they did wrong; what I can duplicate, what I can't but wish I could, and what I want to avoid. I will ramble shamelessly.
Perhaps some parents wondering now what their children will remember might find it helpful. At the least, when my own children can someday read it they may perhaps understand the way I did things. | 