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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not…..� Thomas Henry Huxley

Archive for November, 2006

Garage building continues

Posted: Monday, November 13th, 2006 @ 4:08 am in Family Stuff | 2 Comments »

These are photos from Saturday, when the garage building activity continued — the cupola DH designed and built is placed on the ramp:

I’m in the driver’s seat, and with all my might I step on the gas pedal and with a little help from the truck’s engine I pull the cupola up and up:

It was […]

A rite of manhood?

Posted: Sunday, November 12th, 2006 @ 12:29 pm in Family Stuff | 2 Comments »

Is learning to tie a tie a rite of manhood? I don’t know if it is, but on Friday SK had a Rhetoric Club in-club competition to attend. The kids must dress the part for the competition. SK did not know how to tie a tie so he first worked hard practicing:

The […]

More exciting then the election

Posted: Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 @ 12:55 am in Math | 2 Comments »

Yes, something happened here today that was way more exciting then the election results. Sure, they are important but for us this was even more exciting.
MK was heard saying over and over;
This math is so easy mom. I know how to do this, …. this is so easy….
I have never, ever heard MK  […]

Nothing much

Posted: Monday, November 6th, 2006 @ 10:52 pm in Homeschooling | No Comments »

Another school week, nothing much happening here.
In our Science Olympiad team the kids are choosing events. SK is hoping for five events this year, and we’ll know next week which ones they are.
We visited the dentist today, all three of us. I was quite happy when they called and said they had a spot […]

Call for Help; F.O.P.

Posted: Friday, November 3rd, 2006 @ 11:54 am in Food for Thought | No Comments »

This morning I received the following email from a fellow homeschooler I first met shortly after I moved to Delaware. Wendy and her family had also just moved to our little part of Delaware. In her email Wendy requested that we spread the word about F.O.P. to our […]